From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Jun 9 21: 9:46 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from ren.sasknow.com (ren.sasknow.com [207.195.92.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68A6C37B67F for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2000 21:09:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ryan@sasknow.com) Received: from localhost (ryan@localhost) by ren.sasknow.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA27241; Fri, 9 Jun 2000 22:11:11 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from ryan@sasknow.com) Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 22:11:11 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson To: Steve Kaczkowski Cc: Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr, isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: KVM switch recommendation In-Reply-To: <393F591F.A81FB382@inc.net> Message-ID: Organization: SaskNow Technologies [www.sasknow.com] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Steve Kaczkowski wrote to Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr: > Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr wrote: > > > > [This may be a FAQ] > > > > I'm investigating the field of Keyboard/Video/Mouse switches for a new development platform > > where I'll install a certain number of PCs with M$'s NT (this hurts ;-)) > > > > I have found a "Matrix servswitch" from Blackbox which seems to be interesting : there is a possibility > > of selecting a PC remotely, from the screen instead of being obliged to walk to where the switch is > > located. > > > > Has any one used this beast ? (and is happy with it ?) > > > Thierry, > > Take a look at the Belkin OmniView series, quite cheap lots of different > options, expandable and they also have a nice keyboard shortcut to > switch boxes (Hit Scroll Lock twice then up/down arrows).. I just ordered a 4-port OmniView SE for $209CDN (About $140US) today. I have heard good things about them. Their specs are quite impressive for the cost, to say the least. - Ryan -- Ryan Thompson Systems Administrator, Accounts Phone: +1 (306) 664-1161 SaskNow Technologies http://www.sasknow.com #106-380 3120 8th St E Saskatoon, SK S7H 0W2 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message