[kwlug-disc] KVM switch alternatives

[CrankyOldBugger]

Just a few hours after you sent this I got a news article in my feed saying
that they've gone to Kickstarter.

https://www.itsfoss.net/raspberry-pi-based-pi-kvm-goes-to-kickstarter/



On Mon, 6 Sept 2021 at 16:35, Alex K <korobkin+kwl at gmail.com> wrote:

> Btw, https://pikvm.org/ is an interesting project.
>
> On Mon, Sep 6, 2021 at 4:00 PM Bob Jonkman <bjonkman at sobac.com> wrote:
>
>> The software you may be thinking of is Barrier,  forked from Synergy
>> (which got absorbed by some for-profit or something). I keep remembering
>> "Synergy" but forgetting "Barrier" so I have to look it up every time.
>>
>> But it shares keyboard & mouse across the network, and requires separate
>> monitors for each computer.
>>
>> While I was looking up "Synergy" I found this, which may have something
>> more useful to you:
>>
>> https://alternativeto.net/software/synergy/
>>
>> --Bob.
>>
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>> On 6 September 2021 14:17:28 GMT-04:00, CrankyOldBugger <
>> crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >Currently I have a 4-port KVM switch with HDMI and USB that let's me hook
>> >up my NUC and three lucky Raspis to one monitor, all over HDMI and
>> sharing
>> >the same keyboard and mouse, of course.
>> >
>> >I noticed that one of the four channels is no longer functioning.  So my
>> >four port is now a three port.  Much sad.
>> >
>> >So I've been shopping around for a replacement, but to be honest I'm not
>> >impressed with what I've seen so far.  Ideally I'd like to get an 8-port
>> >KVM and still make this month's mortgage payment, but the math doesn't
>> work
>> >out.  Amazon's cheapest 8-port (with HDMI and USB) is $400, with the
>> >high-end models around $3,000.  So scratch that idea.
>> >
>> >So that leaves me with either (i) staying with my now 3-port KVM, (ii)
>> >buying a 4-port KVM, or (iii) looking into one of those software based
>> >alternatives, whose name eludes me at the moment, or (preferable) (iv)
>> find
>> >a 4-port switch that can be daisy-chained by adding more 4-port modules
>> in
>> >the future.
>> >
>> >Does anyone have any ideas about any of those options?
>> >
>> >Thanks,
>> >
>> >Jeff
>>
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