[nycbug-talk] network kvm

[Aleksandar Kacanski]

Check this links, you will be able to get some cheap
hardware and open source software that will allow you
to do what you want.

Opengear CM4000 remote console servers
http://okvm.sourceforge.net/

thanks,
/s



--- George Georgalis <george at galis.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 14, 2005 at 04:43:41PM -0400,
> alex at pilosoft.com wrote:
> >On Thu, 14 Jul 2005, George Georgalis wrote:
> >
> >> Isn't there somebody that can send kvm control
> signals over cat-5, eg
> >> vga/kbd/mouse to black box to cat5 to kvm
> extension jack? something
> >> else? I seem to remember kvm extenders but I
> don't know if this is their
> >> application or what they are...
> >> 
> >> ...Google to the rescue
> >> http://www.kvm-switches-online.com/0dt23008a.html
> $20, there is a few
> >> others to choose from, now I need 8 or 16 port
> kvm switch without ip :}
> >Er, its 180$. 
> 
> doh!
> 
> >> ...don't see more than four, unless they come
> with IP and extra $1500.
> >> Any big KVM switches like this around?
> >chiwanese 16-port KVM switches (traditional style,
> KVM cables, like 
> >belkin) are ~250$ or so (plus 5-10$ for each cable
> kit).
> 
> The last kvm I bought was windows only (doh!), yes
> this 4 port kvm used
> no software but did something funny with ps2 IRQ (me
> didn't know there
> was such a thing, maybe only in windows) and it
> would only work with M$
> crap.
> 
> ...so I'm looking for a rack kvm that works with
> Unix -- can't believe
> I'm asking but I'd like to go with a component
> someone has tried already
> -- okay so maybe should bite the bullet and expect
> the rest of them to
> work with unix...
> 
> So here's my short list, typically no cables
> included, and we are going
> for high but sub-carrier quality:
> 
>
http://www.pcuniverse.com/product.asp?pid=2773975&m_id=13
> ALTUSEN KH0116 - KVM / audio switch - 16 ports - 1 U
> - rack-mountable -
> stackabl by ATEN Technology $543.21
> 
>
http://www.shopharmony.com/product.asp?file=NEXTAG&i=F1DA116T
> http://www.shopharmony.com/product.asp?i=F1DA116T
> Belkin F1DA116T OmniView Pro2 16-Port KVM Switch
> w/On-Screen Display
> PS/2 & USB (F1D-A116T) $409.00
> 
>
http://www.provantage.com/buy-7trpk00a-16-port-kvm-switch-ps-2-rackmount-1u-w-osd-adapter-tripp-lite-switches-cables-b022-016-shopping.htm
> Tripp Lite - 16-Port KVM Switch PS/2 Rackmount 1U
> w/OSD & Adapter $461.18
> 
> Anybody have experience with these?
> 
> // George
> 
> 
> -- 
> George Georgalis, systems architect, administrator
> Linux BSD IXOYE
> http://galis.org/george/ cell:646-331-2027
> mailto:george at galis.org
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Aleksandar (Sasha) Kacanski

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