What's the kind of switch called where you can share a monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc.?

[Shawn]

I want to buy one but I dunno what they are called.

 

[kazamobah]

kvm switch

 

[Bootprint]

KVM switch

 

[Shawn]

could you be a little more specific? there are hundreds of them it seems....

 

[atom]

...all kvm switches do the same thing generally.

 

[BornStar]

There are indeed hundreds. Text

 

[Aharami]

KVM...methinks. go to newegg, they have some...methinks

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: atom
...all kvm switches do the same thing generally.

yea but i want one that does all of that. I don't want to buy one for the monitor, one for the keyboard, etc.

 

[AkumaX]

KAY VEE EMM

 

[Bootprint]

Originally posted by: iloveme2

Originally posted by: atom
...all kvm switches do the same thing generally.

yea but i want one that does all of that. I don't want to buy one for the monitor, one for the keyboard, etc.

It's all in one switch, hit a key and you change to different computer. Hit a key and bang, back again.

store

example of 2 port switch


Some will also do Audio.

 

[BornStar]

My roommate has this one and he really likes it. I've got an older one that doesn't work so well but I don't feel like spending money on a new one.

 

[Cyberian]

Originally posted by: iloveme2

Originally posted by: atom
...all kvm switches do the same thing generally.

yea but i want one that does all of that. I don't want to buy one for the monitor, one for the keyboard, etc.

Almost all of them do that as in -

Keyboard
Video
Mouse

switch

 

[Shawn]

ooooh ok. well i'm guessing some are better than others. like video quality for example. what are some good ones?

edit: that linksys looks nice.....

 

[m2kewl]

avocent

blackbox

raritan

only ones i use

 

[BornStar]

At work I use the Belkin 4 port USB/PS2 KVM and it works very well. You can find it here.

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: iloveme2
ooooh ok. well i'm guessing some are better than others. like video quality for example. what are some good ones?

edit: that linksys looks nice.....

I have a Belkin that was a bit pricey at the time, but works flawlessly.

 

[ElFenix]

i have the linksys one linked above. no real lag or video quality issues that i can see, but then i don't use it on my primary computer. i think it is starting to crap out though

 

[dman]

Best buy sells a mini one, 2 port (for 2 PC's) it's an all in one (includes cables) connect to both PC's, connect monitor/keyboard/mouse to the unit (about the size of a thick credit card) and done. Was like $40. Don't know how good it is. Cables might not be long enough depending on where the PC's are.