Advantages: Advantages: Cheap, all in one solution Disadvantages: No manual overide or audio support
stops autoscanning and lets you use the currently selected PC.
The Belkin claims support for scrolling mice but I did find sometimes one PC would start up without recognising this facility if it wasn't the currently selected one when booting up and in extreme cases, wouldn't recognise the keyboard and mouse at all. Previous KVM's I've used send the PC fake 'There's a keyboard and mouse here' messages when not selected and it seems this unit does not, which is a pity.
Conclusion
The Belkin 2 port KVM is a well built unit that works nicely and provides a great way to save desk space and the cost of a second monitor, keyboard and mouse. The long leads are useful and despite the niggles with scrolling mice and the lack of manual switch. I'd say this unit is worth considering at this price if you can live with those shortcomings ...
Advantages: Easy to set up, configure and use Disadvantages: None
We currently run an 80 user network in our office. While the main traffic of our network is handled by 6, 24 port rack mounted switches, my little IT office has 7 PCs in it with not enough ports on the wall to connect them up.
this poses a problem. To connect to our network, you need a network connection on the Wall. There are 4 connections in our office and 7 machines. Obviously 7 into 4 does not go so a solution was needed.
The answer?
A small desktop based switch that would allow us to connect up to 16 computers to one Network connection on the wall.
The Product?
Well we use Netgear equipment in our office because you know with Netgear, you are buying quality at an affordable price.
So we opted for the FS116 Desktop Switch.
The size of it?
Well its about an inch high and about a foot long. It is about 6 inches from ...
Advantages: Cheap, all in one solution, audio support Disadvantages: No manual overide
two PCs along with audio. The video side uses a VGA connector and supports resolutions of up to 2048x1536 @65Hz.
Switching between PCs is done via an easily remembered keyboard sequence. I would however have like to have had a manual button on the device itself in case the keystroke sequence interfered with anything. Also, if the current PC locks up, you can't switch to the other without rebooting the locked one.
The top of the F1DL102P features a pair of LEDs to show which PC is currently selected.
If you need to keep an eye on both PCs, you can enable autoscan mode which toggles back and forth between the PCs every eight seconds. A quick press of the space bar stops autoscanning and lets you use the currently selected PC.
The F1DL102P claims support for scrolling mice but I did find sometimes one PC would start up ...
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With LAN aggregation and the successful migration of core layers to Gigabit Ethernet, many network administrators demand easy to manage, cost-effective, more intelligent switches at the LAN edge. Layer 2+ switches such as Allied Telesis' 8500 series are designed to address these requirements. Layer 2+ switches offer the best compromise between features, performance and value by occupying a special niche: They're more intelligence than the simple Layer 2 switches and yet are more cost-effective than the Layer 3 switches. With its highly integrated chipset capable of deep packet examination, the 8500 series is rich in features. Network administrators can configure the 8500 series to examine packet formats and content from Layer 2, Layer 3, or Layer 4 - more commonly known as the MAC, IP, and TCP/UDP layers, respectively. After the Layer parameters are defined and detected, a number of network decisions can be triggered, whether they implement Access Control Lists or Dos attack defenses for security, or limit bandwidth usage and alter QoS priorities.
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