From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 29 04:29:21 2008 Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE4641065682 for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:29:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdunham@texas.net) Received: from mail3.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail3.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 961188FC1C for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:29:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdunham@texas.net) Received: (qmail 9257 invoked from network); 29 Aug 2008 04:02:40 -0000 Received: from dsl093-216-153.aus1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO [192.168.0.101]) (ldunham@[66.93.216.153]) (envelope-sender <jdunham@texas.net>) by mail3.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; 29 Aug 2008 04:02:40 -0000 From: "Jerry Dunham" <jdunham@texas.net> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:02:41 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <48B72E91.2801.3ACE9B44@jdunham.texas.net> Priority: normal In-reply-to: <4796E490CD234898A4E6F62C901A34FC@a64x23800p> References: <402691.90978.qm@web81206.mail.mud.yahoo.com>, <20080827205935.GA85941@owl.midgard.homeip.net>, <4796E490CD234898A4E6F62C901A34FC@a64x23800p> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (4.41) Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: Quoted-printable Content-description: Mail message body Subject: RE: OT:KVM Switch X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions> List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:29:21 -0000 On 27 Aug 2008 at 22:46, David Christensen wrote: > Mark Busby wrote: > > Looking at a Trendnet KVM TK-407K switch. It shows to work with linux.= Has > > anyone=A0had success using it=A0with FreeBSD?=A0 I hate to waste time = and money, > > even with the option of resale on eslay.=A0 Thanks for your time. I don't recall the model numbers, but a couple of TrendNet KVMs I bought for a company I used to work for turned out to be flakey. At least they were cheap and not too painful to throw away. > I've had good luck with my IOGear Miniview GCS 78 -- 8-port VGA, PS/2 ke= yboard, > PS/2 mouse. I've used several IOGear KVMs with great success, from 2-port to 8-port. In fact, I'm using a 4-port IOGear MiniView as I type this. -- Jerry Dunham Volunteer, Etosha Rescue & Adoption Center Volunteer, American Black & Tan Coonhound Rescue jdunham@texas.net