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Date:	Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:12:41 -0700
From:	"Virginia R. Hetrick, Ph.D." <drjuice@ieee.org >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: KVM for eCS...?

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Hi, Martin -

I have three Belkin KVM switches that also handle audio. The reason I
have three is because I have twelve systems all together and three are
attached to each switch, except one has four. I thought about daisy
chaining them, but that wound up adding a level of complexity that I
just WAY didn't like. As I recall, I got the Belkin switches at Fry's.
I don't remember whether they were least expensive or not, but they were
probably pretty close to least expensive.

I briefly considered getting just the switches; but, once I found out
the cost of the cables, I abandoned that idea incredibly quickly. It
was about 1/2 the cost to buy the kits instead of the switches and
cables separately.

As for specs, if you have a funky setup, make sure the system can deal
with it. For example, my two dual-headed systems have their own
monitors because I had no way to attach two monitors to the KVM.

The systems I have attached to the KVMs (1 per OS unless noted) are 2
WinXPPro, Win2KPro, SuSE 8.0, SuSE 9.0, Fedora (don't remember the v#),
FreeBSD 6.3, FreeBSD 7.0, Red Hat Enterprise (don't remember the v#),
sandboxes for WinXPPro, SuSE10, FreeBSD7.0,

HTH.

v
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\ / Virginia R. Hetrick, here in sunny California
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Martin Rosenfeld wrote:

> I am thinking of using a KVM to switch between an eCS and a Win2K box,
> sharing flat screen monitor, PS2 keyboard and Logitek trackball (PS2
> or USB). Can someone recommend an inexpensive KVM to do this, or tell
> me what specifications I must look for when buying one. Can a KVM be
> set up to also switch sound? I am ignorant as sin about this matter.
>
> Martin
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