Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2002 23:52:10 -0600 (CST) From: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> To: Glenn Johnson <glennpj@charter.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: cat-5 KVM extenders Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.32.0202162325470.28213-100000@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us> In-Reply-To: <20020216211450.GA509@dhcp-8-15.slidell.charter-ala.c>
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On Sat, 16 Feb 2002, Glenn Johnson wrote: > Does anyone have any experience with running FreeBSD systems with > X over a cat-5 extender such as the Raritan Cat5 Reach or the > Avocent Long View? > > I am particularly interested in any comments on the video quality > and if there are any performance issues. It doesn't matter what you use with the KVM-over-CAT5 stuff, it'll work fine. It is completely transparent to the OS and to the hardware it is attached to. I'm using a Cybex (now Avocent) LongView at work and the quality of an 800x600@72Hz display (on an NT server, but that doesn't matter) over a 300-foot CAT5E run is perfect. I've tried higher resolutions and refresh rates and they looked nearly perfect as well. I'm also rather impressed with Avocent's warranty support. We'd been using the LongView for a couple of years when it lost a color channel and I had to send it back to be repaired and the warranty had already expired. They fixed it and never charged me for the out-of-warranty work. I dunno, maybe they were just being nice to a public school district. :-) -- Chris Dillon - cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us - cdillon@inter-linc.net FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet - Available for IA32 (Intel x86) and Alpha architectures - IA64, PowerPC, UltraSPARC, and ARM architectures under development - http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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