Need KVM switch

Robert M. Witkop fmg at mpsws.com
Sat Sep 17 23:03:51 UTC 2011


I have had good experience with Iogear. I used the two port when I only
had one windoz and on Linux. Then I move to their 4 port for one windoz
and 2 Linux. I currently runnit the miniveiw ultra 8 port on 3 windoz
and 5 Linux platforms and it is performing well. I had tried Belkin, but
found that it doesn't work, and the support is poor (as in none).

On Sat, 2011-09-17 at 16:38 -0400, John Aldrich wrote:
> I've got two computers -- a Windows XP machine and a Fedora 15 box. I am 
> sending back the new KVM I bought since it doesn't work at all for my Linux 
> box (just sits there and doesn't detect that it's plugged in.) It also 
> doesn't pass along the unifying receiver for my new wireless keyboard and 
> mouse from Logitech.
> 
> I need a USB KVM for my Windows machine as I'm currently using a PS2 with 
> an adapter. I think the only reason that is working is because my old 
> Belkin is a powered KVM and doesn't rely on power from the systems.
> 
> Anyone got a KVM they can recommend? Bonus if it'll share the speakers with 
> multiple computers. :D




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