Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:29:00 -0400 From: Daniel Staal <DStaal@usa.net> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: KVM switch with FreeBSD-8.2 Message-ID: <7D6A3DAD2264365225EBAB1E@mac-pro.magehandbook.com> In-Reply-To: <BLU0-SMTP69E96B700AEF3C73A953C93030@phx.gbl> References: <BLU0-SMTP69E96B700AEF3C73A953C93030@phx.gbl>
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--As of September 11, 2011 9:03:17 AM -0400, Carmel is alleged to have said: > I am thinking of using a "TRENDnet 2-Port DVI USB KVM Switch Kit with > Audio TK-214i" with a FreeBSD-8.2 amd64 PC and a Windows 7 machine. I > presently have a Samsung 24" digital monitor and a Logitech S510 > cordless keyboard & mouse combination. The keyboard, mouse and monitor > presently work fine on FreeBSD. > > I am wondering if anyone has any personal experience with using KVM > switches with FreeBSD and what that experience might be. I would really > like to integrate these two PC into using just one common monitor, > etcetera mostly due to space considerations. --As for the rest, it is mine. In my experience, the OS isn't all that relevant. The main question is if the hardware works well together. Many KVMs don't do a great job of emulating a connection if the computer isn't the currently active one, and this can cause problems when something wants to see if a monitor is present (and wants to check what it's specs are), but that's not a FreeBSD problem per se: It's just a problem with the hardware. I'm sorry I don't have any good, cheap, KVM recommendations at this time. Enterprize-grade hardware usually doesn't have this problem (although it might), and I haven't needed to use a small KVM for a while. Daniel T. Staal --------------------------------------------------------------- This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of local copyright law. ---------------------------------------------------------------
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