Hi everyone. I am trying to find a descent KVM switch and its been a nightmare. My very first kvm was a 2-port linksys unit that you just had to press the ctrl key twice and it switched machines. This unit was wonderful and i never had an issue with it. I increased the number of PC i needed connected so i wanted to upgrade to a 4 port KVM and every since then its been a total mess. First i went linksys because thats what worked so good before. I bought this unit:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16817107750
It was very flaky. Sometimes then unit would lock up and i would have to pull every single cable from the unit so it would loose power and reset itself. You talk about a PAIN.
I then tried a belkin unit:
http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCa...cess?Product_Id=260736
This unit is similar to what i had but i think they no long sell the model i got. It was flakey too. Sometimes the key sequence would not switch the computer and it also would lock up.
I then thought i needed a higher end unit to get reliability. So i got a belkin high end KVM with OSD (On Screen Display) and it also had a power supply thinking that would make it better to.
Anyways this is what i bought:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16817107322
This thing sucks. Some mice i plug into it won't even work I have a corded microsoft optical mouse that is not even usuable. Now the wireless version of the mouse works just perfectly. My keyboard/mouse will sometimes just randomly stop working.
There just seems to be so many flaky KVM out there. I just just sick of dealing with these issues but i really need a reliable KVM. Most of the time i can use something like RDP or something like that but sometimes i have to use a KVM. Here are the ones im currently looking at now:
MonoPrice: http://www.monoprice.com/produ...&seq=1&format=2&style=
IOGear:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16817399001
The only thing i don't like about the IOGear unit is it does not have any manual switching function and incase keyboard switching gets flaky.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
thanks,
ncage
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16817107750
It was very flaky. Sometimes then unit would lock up and i would have to pull every single cable from the unit so it would loose power and reset itself. You talk about a PAIN.
I then tried a belkin unit:
http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCa...cess?Product_Id=260736
This unit is similar to what i had but i think they no long sell the model i got. It was flakey too. Sometimes the key sequence would not switch the computer and it also would lock up.
I then thought i needed a higher end unit to get reliability. So i got a belkin high end KVM with OSD (On Screen Display) and it also had a power supply thinking that would make it better to.
Anyways this is what i bought:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16817107322
This thing sucks. Some mice i plug into it won't even work I have a corded microsoft optical mouse that is not even usuable. Now the wireless version of the mouse works just perfectly. My keyboard/mouse will sometimes just randomly stop working.
There just seems to be so many flaky KVM out there. I just just sick of dealing with these issues but i really need a reliable KVM. Most of the time i can use something like RDP or something like that but sometimes i have to use a KVM. Here are the ones im currently looking at now:
MonoPrice: http://www.monoprice.com/produ...&seq=1&format=2&style=
IOGear:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16817399001
The only thing i don't like about the IOGear unit is it does not have any manual switching function and incase keyboard switching gets flaky.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
thanks,
ncage