[linux-help] Re: KVM Switch suggestions

[Thomas Wallis <wallis@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 29 May 2001, Matt Pankratz wrote:

> 
> I'm looking for an inexpensive KVM switch (4 ports or less).
> 
> Anybody have any suggestions?

        Dear Matt:

        I have always used the old-style manual switches.  They aren't
perfect, but they run about $30-$40 or so, for Keyboard and Video (no
mouse).  I use them in a couple of server farms, where I rarely need to
access the keyboard or video.  The only trouble I have with them is that
the servers seem to not to like switching keyboards (no trouble on video,
though). Sometimes I have to wait a while pressing ENTER to "wake up" the
keyboard port of the server I just switched to.  I have heard electronic
ones are better, but for my purposes, these manual ones are OK.  You can
get the manual ones in town easily.  


                                Hope this helps, 

                                Tom Wallis
 
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