Originally posted by: Electronics4Life
Originally posted by: trikster2
One last question then this thread can die:
Does this KVM beep when switching between computers????
My belkin likes to BEEP loudly EVERY time I switch monitors which annoys the heck out of the wife.
NO beeps.
OK now the thread can really die:
Ordered this KVM from buy.com on tuesday got it on friday.
Not bad for free shipping!
Could not be happier with this product or buy.com's service.
Cables are awesome. Much better than the pair of belkin cables I paid $16 for.
Mouse and keyboard cables are nicely color coded and labeled (cheap belkin cables aren't) which is a big deal when you have two sets of them and are trying to figure out what goes where.
No beeps and have not had my mouse freeze up yet. Belkin would loos the mouse several times a night forcing a reboot of one or both computers to get it back.
I love only hitting CTRL-CTRL to switch computers. The belkin made you hit SCRLK-SCRLK and then made you specify a screen using a number key or hit the up or down arrow to specify which direction you want to switch on. Useful on the four port model but silly on a two port KVM. Hitting three keystrokes instead of two does not sound like a big deal but do it several hundred times and you may think differently.
Switching screens is quicker with the linksys than the belkin. When you switch screens the belkin would "pause" before the mouse and keyboard were useable. Not so with the linksys. Main limfactor is the monitor resynching after loosing the signal.
Best of all: NO BEEPS. Belkin beeped every time I switched screens. Like I need a beep to tell me my entire desktop just changed?
Belkin is goin in the trash. Will never by a POS KVM from them again.