From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EACCA1396D0 for ; Sat, 16 Sep 2017 14:49:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A42A31FC0AD; Sat, 16 Sep 2017 14:49:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.muc.de (ocolin.muc.de [193.149.48.4]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0CAD8E0C11 for ; Sat, 16 Sep 2017 14:49:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 60396 invoked by uid 3782); 16 Sep 2017 14:49:45 -0000 Received: from acm.muc.de (p548C7614.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [84.140.118.20]) by colin.muc.de (tmda-ofmipd) with ESMTP; Sat, 16 Sep 2017 16:49:44 +0200 Received: (qmail 26106 invoked by uid 1000); 16 Sep 2017 14:43:39 -0000 Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2017 14:43:39 +0000 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Choice of KVM? Message-ID: <20170916144339.GD7513@ACM> References: <2617748.G2Bb0v0RSI@peak> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <2617748.G2Bb0v0RSI@peak> User-Agent: Mutt/1.7.2 (2016-11-26) X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA/1.1.12 (Macallan) From: Alan Mackenzie X-Primary-Address: acm@muc.de X-Archives-Salt: c26a7794-d9eb-46b9-b2f7-4862cae478e4 X-Archives-Hash: 51fe76f29ada63bd7adf0202c471313b Hello, Peter. On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 15:00:16 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > Hello list, > I didn't know where else to ask this, or I'd have spared you the annoyance. > Apologies if needed. > I need to replace a 4-port KVM switch by StarTech, which has failed twice - > that is, the original failed and its replacement has as well. > Two makes present themselves: Aten and Belkin. Does anyone have an opinion > on which is better? They seem to have similar abililties and /modi > operandi/. All I can say is that I bought an ATEN KVM box some months ago to help in installing Gentoo on my new box. It's V is two DVI connections, and it also connects up audio. It has performed flawlessly. The only slight problem has been the sluggishness in switching between machines - it takes well over a second. I have no experience with Belkin's KVMs. > Many thanks. > -- > Regards, > Peter. -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).