Re: [vox] KVM's ( Re: Good LUG HOW-TO by Rick Moen)
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Re: [vox] KVM's ( Re: Good LUG HOW-TO by Rick Moen)
Of course it's not a switch box. I have a belkin in the garage and a the
one in the office is a IOGear. I forgot to mention that there is also a
belkin reverse kvm in the garage so I can troubleshoot downstairs problems
easily.
A picture would look like:
a b c
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belkin kvm
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belkin reverse kvm ----- downstair monitor/keyboard
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longwire to upstairs
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| d e f
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upstairs kvm
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monitor and keyboard.
a - f are computers and yes this works quite well. I can't get above
1280x1024 on these but I can live with that.
I'm not as happy with the IOGear as I have been with belkin stuff but it
came with the cables and was half the price.
Bob Maccione
University of Phoenix
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven Peck" <speck@blkmtn.org>
To: <vox@lists.lugod.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2002 12:22 PM
Subject: RE: [vox] KVM's ( Re: Good LUG HOW-TO by Rick Moen)
> Eeck! You mean a 'switch box'? Nope. Those just have wires and have a
> tendency to send spikes down the line when you move the mechanical
> contacts. I tend to use Belkin. They are cheap (in cost and
> construction) but they perform adequatly. There are others in the same
> range though.
>
> -sp
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vox-admin@lists.lugod.org [mailto:vox-admin@lists.lugod.org] On
> Behalf Of Bob
> Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 9:58 PM
> To: vox@lists.lugod.org
> Subject: Re: [vox] Re: Good LUG HOW-TO by Rick Moen
>
>
> I have 2 kvms, one kvm in the garage that multiplexes a couple
> machines together which feeds a longview to the upstairs office into
> another kvm in the office.
>
> I'm doing 1280x1024 with no problems on a 17" lcd.
>
> I find that this works well. The office machines are either not always
> on or in the office closet while the firewall, linux server, video
> server, etc are in the garage and since they are all linux boxen I don't
> have to do much service on them.
>
> The one thing that doesn't work is the wheel mouse although I think it's
> the upstairs kvm that's the problem.
>
> I really like the Longview for moving equipment into another room, my
> office is really quiet unless I have the local machine running. (note:
> I have a local machine for the scanner). I should also note that I put
> all of my printers on print servers which is nice in that I don't have
> to have a computer up to manage a printer.
>
>
> Bob Maccione
> University of Phoenix
>
> longview:
> http://www.cybex.com/Cybex/PublicW2.nsf/gwmsfslvprt?OpenFrameSet
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ryan" <ryan@mother.com>
> To: <vox@lists.lugod.org>
> Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 9:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [vox] Re: Good LUG HOW-TO by Rick Moen
>
>
> On Friday 12 April 2002 06:17 pm, Steven Peck wrote:
> > <SP> Ummmm...... KVM? :). I have a few systems suitable and slated
> > for Linux. One is for Web/Mail Server deployment for hosting 4 sites
> > and the other is going to be a remote workstation for my wife and I to
>
> > X-Window into for stuff. Another will be for 'vistors' to use for web
>
> > surfing such as my dad or inlaw's visiting. Old P233's and such are
> > inexpensive and if you have server based storage, hard drives also
> > accumulate in the IT. The problem is monitors. So, a KVM switch
> > solves some problems and remote management of servers the other.
>
> I don't know about fancy expensive digital ones, but my $30 KVM gives me
> unplesent gosting at anything over 800x600, and I can't stand working on
> my 17" at that resolution.
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