[OT] USB KVM switches

[Geoff Reed]

if i could afford it I'd be using a Raritan KVM, but the one I want isn't 
cheap :)  it uses a dongle at the computer end that converts video, kb and 
mouse to travel over cat 5 twisted pair to the KVM :)  it's sweet, and I 
set up a couple of data centers with them after ripping out the cheap crap 
that they had installed.  they haven't had as much as a hiccup since

At 08:32 AM 2/1/2005, you wrote:
>I agree with the comment below... as I mentioned yesterday, those Raritan
>stiches (and the Avocent ones too) are really known as the big boys in data
>centers.  No point in wasting money on el-cheapo stuff from CompUSA.  I used
>Raritan gear for about three years when I worked at TMC Labs.  Five years
>removed, my friend (who is the lab director there) tells me the switches still
>work great.  They're certainly not cheap but you get what you pay for.