Shmuel, I have used them remotely connected to the Net then into a Linux box. I had pretty good luck. The only issue I bumped into was were power outages , hard to recover from with a KVM.
Scott On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 1:56 PM Seymour J Metz <sme...@gmu.edu> wrote: > I've seen lots of hangs associated with KVM switches. > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf > of Bob Bridges [robhbrid...@gmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2020 1:46 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: OT: Mandatory Work From Home at my company > > There was a time when I had three laptops (two of them issued by clients), > and space was getting tight. I thought then about buying one of those > switches, Peter. A "KVM" switch, is that what it's called (keyboard, > video, > mouse)? I don't remember for sure. The situation improved before I got > around to it, but I'm thinking about it again now. How did it work for > you? > > --- > Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 > > /* The creditors are a superstitious sect, great observers of set days and > times. -Poor Richard */ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Farley, Peter x23353 > Sent: Friday, March 20, 2020 13:01 > > FWIW, my WFH setup for many years now includes an MS Natural keyboard and a > comfortable Logitech gaming mouse that I use a USB3 switch to change > between > my small work laptop, large home desktop and medium-sized home laptop. > IOGear makes the USB3 switch, which can handle up to 4 inputs switched > among > up to 4 CPU's. My 27 inch Dell monitor has multiple HDMI and DisplayPort > inputs so I can switch the screen among all my machines. Lots of cables of > course, but it has been well worth it. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Scott Ford IDMWORKS z/OS Development ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
