From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 11 00:00:37 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C6C616A405 for ; Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:00:37 +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 2D21213C48C for ; Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:00:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdunham@texas.net) Received: (qmail 12960 invoked from network); 10 Apr 2007 23:33:56 -0000 Received: from dsl093-216-153.aus1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO [192.168.0.103]) (ldunham@[66.93.216.153]) (envelope-sender ) by mail3.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 10 Apr 2007 23:33:56 -0000 From: "Jerry Dunham" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:33:41 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <461BD885.28566.1855F4E@jdunham.texas.net> Priority: normal In-reply-to: <20070410222352.AB02F13C480@mx1.freebsd.org> References: <0FC87C0D2B43ABA3F0CECCAD@ganymede.hub.org> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (4.30 public beta 1) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-description: Mail message body Subject: RE: KVM over IP (Was: Re: adding keyboard after reboot with no keyboard) ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:00:37 -0000 On 10 Apr 2007 at 18:24, Tamouh H. wrote: > We've used StarTech KVM Over IP switches with both windows and BSD > with no major issues. They're pretty much the most reasonably priced > ones out there. I've also had excellent success with fairly inexpensive IOGear MiniView KVMs. In fact, I'm typing this through one right now. I've used 2-port, 4-port and 8- port, and have never had an issue, running both FreeBSD and Windows through them. I've used a Cat5 extender (from StarTech, IIRC) with the 8-port version with no problem. By contrast, some 2- and 4-port LinkSys KVMs I tried a few years ago were consistently flakey. I did try a StarTech KVM once, and it had some problems that retired it to the spare equipment cabinet. It was not the model Tamouh had success with, but a wired model that was set up to handle both PS/2 and USB keyboards and mice. (Most seem to be one or the other.) It seemed like a good idea at the time. -- Jerry Dunham Volunteer, Etosha Rescue & Adoption Center Volunteer, American Black & Tan Coonhound Rescue jdunham@texas.net