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When I move my mouse into the VM the KVM thinks I did something and it changes to the next computer. Even with the slight hassle of hitting the button now and then after going into a VM, it's still worth it. I've seen many comment on its placement of the connections, one each side making it a pain. I then have to press the button on top switch. Other than it's funny plug locations on all sides, and the VM issue, its fine. Ok, that's true. My problem is I use VMWare often.
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. I am not sure if that was the case with IOGear, or all other KVMs. I have had this KVM switch for about 2 months now. This may be more than an inconvenience. All in all, this KVM works for me well, and the price was right.In any event, that would be bad if a machine 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 whenswitching out of Ubuntu.
I use it with 2 computers right now. If there are more computers you will need to press the number keys corresponding the the PC you want to view/switch to. I've used this for about a month 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. Good value for the price. I don't have any problems with it. The ports are distributed on all 3 sides of this unit and hence easy to access.
Switching is almost instantaneous and we've not seen an error yet. If we had newer PC's running XP I think they would behave better.
The cables are NOT standard USB & VGA cables, but are an odd combination that will only work with the Trendnet switch. In the meantime, we will simply leave a keyboard & mouse plugged into each PC so we can restart them when they get lost.There is one caveat about this switch: Trendnet uses a proprietary cabling system.
Our company purchased this item to switch between two G4 Power Macs and two older PC's. I think this has more to do with the age of these PC's and their OS.
If this switch were to fail in the future, we would either have to buy another Trendnet switch or replace it with a different brand along with cables ($).If you don't mind the cables, this switch is definitely the best bang for the buck. The Macs work perfectly--flawlessly--with this switch.
However, the older PC's (running Windows 98) are a little squirrely in that they do find the USB keyboard and mouse, but when they are switched off for another computer for a while they lose track of the KVM switch, thus can't be accessed, and we have to hard restart them.
This is most notable if playing an MMO. The TRENDnet 4-Port USB KVM Swith works just not as well as I would like. Having the cables included is also a real plus. The MMO simply locks up and you have to reboot.The installation is well documented and easy. My major complaint is the lag when moving between CPUs. There is a significiant period of time before the mouse and keyboard are active following the switch.
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