Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:48:19 -0500 From: Brad Mettee <bmettee@pchotshots.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kvm switch Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20090119234810.00b18088@mail.pchotshots.com>
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We use a Belkin OmniView Pro3, 8 port model. It handles PS/2 and USB and works fine with FreeBSD (and Windows). I've never seen it screw up the mouse or keyboard through hundreds of changes. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817394048 (4 port model) You buy cables as you need them in pairs of PS/2 or USB. One cable supports two computers. At 11:16 PM 1/19/2009, you wrote: >Do you have a kvm switch that does mouse and keyboard emulation and know >that it works with freebsd? > >I have an iogear kvm switch from around the last time I asked this >question here years back, that has usually worked with linux, netbsd, >openbsd, macos and windows. Back then to work with freebsd, each time I >switched away and back I would login remotely and issue a command to get >freebsd to recognize the keyboard again. > >The newer version of my kvm switch says it has mouse and keyboard >emulation, but I can't get a straight answer out of them if that means >the OS can tell that they keyboard has disconnected or not. Do you know? >Or do you know of a KVM switch, that does that and is suitable for an >impoverished person's home computing needs? > >Also, I read someone's comment on newegg that the mouse emulation only >emulates 2 buttons. Do you know if that is true? > >Kendall > > > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Brad Mettee PC HotShots, Inc. Baltimore, MD (410) 426-7617 -> Let us bring out the *Power* of your PCs. <- -> Custom Business Software Solutions since 1991 <- visit http://www.pchotshots.com for information about our company.
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