( 13 reviews )
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Posted: Feb 12 2009
I've seen many comment on its placement of the connections, one each side making it a pain. Ok, that's true. My problem is I use VMWare often. When I move my mouse into the VM the KVM thinks I did something and it changes to the next computer. I then have to press the button on top switch. Even with the slight hassle of hitting the button now and then after going into a VM, it's still worth it. Other than it's funny plug locations on all sides, and the VM issue, its fine.
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Posted: Jan 2 2009
I have had this KVM switch for about 2 months now. No problem encountered so far. Compared to 2-port IOGear KVM I used in the past, it is comparable in performance while cheaper. I have 2 Windows XP machines and 1 Ubuntu connected to this switch. For some reason, I have to hit Num Lock instead of Scroll Lock when switching out of Ubuntu. That's no problem as long as it works. It seems to take about 2 seconds to switch between machines, which is acceptable though a bit slower than IOGear. One thing I found out is that if a machine is down, you cannot switch out of it until it completely boots again. This may be more than an inconvenience. I am not sure if that was the case with IOGear, or all other KVMs. All in all, this KVM works for me well, and the price was right. In any event, that would be bad if a machine
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Posted: Dec 7 2008
I've used this for about a month now. I don't have any problems with it. The ports are distributed on all 3 sides of this unit and hence easy to access. I use it with 2 computers right now. The hot key feature is smart enough to recognize that I have only 2 computers and hence swaps the controls by just hitting "Scroll lock" key twice. If there are more computers you will need to press the number keys corresponding the the PC you want to view/switch to. Good value for the price.
