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Summary: Great Product
Review: I purchased two of these switches for my employer. We use them to switch between a computer on are network, and a computer set up for a wireless internet connection. Both have performed very well. I think if your using this item to switch between two pcs, not a pc and a laptop, you will have no problems.
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Summary: Works great
Review: I read the reviews that said people had problems with their cables .. not me. Works great. No video distortion, no keyboard or mouse problems. For the money, it's great to have one of these around the house.
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Summary: Outstanding Performance & Price
Review: I shook off some of the negative comments below and bought one for myself. I have used it between a Dell XP Pro and a Win98 clone, as well as a Dell Linux server and another Win98 clone. In both circumstances the switch performed flawlessly. I have read generic problems with KVM's and mouse/monitor problems and it seems to be either plug and play getting in the way or cheap monitor-itis! In my case, this thing works flawlessly. Recommended. And what else would you expect from Linksys? I love their networking stuff too (especially the EFSP42!)
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Summary: Switch Didn't Work
Review: I tried two of these thinking the first was defective, but was unable to switch between PCs with the replacement also. If I booted only one PC it worked, if I booted both, only the PC that booted first worked regardless of which side of the switch it was connected to. I was very disappointed.
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Summary: Works
Review: I used this item with two PCs, one running Linux and one Windows. Keyboard and monitor worked right away. For some reason, the mouse originally didn't work with the KVM under Windows. I deleted the mouse driver and rebooted, and now everything works great.
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Summary: Would not buy this KVM
Review: I was extremely surprised at how poor this KVM performed in my simple home setup. I have 2 ps2 machines (XP, RedHat9). I bought this and had to return it in one week because of the problems I had. First, I could never get any of my mice (Microsoft Optical Intellimouse, Microsoft Wheelmouse, and Logitech mouse) to be recognized. So, I just used the monitor and keyboard functionality for 7 days. While the switching between machines worked as advertised, I had keyboard problems. The KVM caused typed characters to be missed by the computer or a single keystroke would end up being recognized as 2 or 3 strokes of the same letter by the machine. My only option to get any work done was to slow my typing down significantly. I would not recommend this product and recommend users to pay the extra [money] for the Belkin 2-port KVM Switch (cables included but not built in unit).
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Summary: You get what you pay for
Review: I was lured by the good company reputation, low price, and consolidated wire management. However after my experience with two of these switches (the original plus a replacement), I think I'm giving up on the all-in-one KVM design.On both units, port 1's mouse had a very annoying problem: if you moved or clicked the mouse, there was about a second delay before anything happened. On the surface this did not seem like a big problem, but after about 10 minutes of keyboarding and mousing, the bug drove me crazy. I tried several different mice, but got the same results. Also port 2's video jumped slightly every second or so -- it's very subtle (it looks like an incorrect refresh rate) but irritating. Perhaps the switch does not support 1280x1024x32 bit -- I'm not sure since the "manual" (a double-sided 5"x11" piece of paper) doesn't specify. By the way, technical support was as useless as the manual -- very short, not familiar with the product, and recommended that I return it. Beware of this one!
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Summary: Good for swiching bad for mouse and keyboard features.
Review: If you use this KVM you'll loose almost all extra features and functions of your keyboard e.g. thumb-button, internet-shortkeys-buttons (my Logitech products are seriously crippled), and the support even advise against using cordless products. None of this information you'll find in the manual or on the retail-box!
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Summary: An A/V - Media Tech
Review: Perfect! Well, I was worried about monitor distortion as others have mentioned. Got it anyway and one PC was perfect, the other PC (that had a temporary crappy old PCI video card) actually DID have distortion. NOT the fault of the KVM switch. For kicks, I installed a different video DRIVER for that card, and for some reason it FIXED the problem. Then I put an AGP card back into the 2nd system, and it also worked perfectly. Factors that affect Video Signal: VGA cable too long; Cable extensions, weak video CARD signal (possibly from unreliable POWER supply in the computer), Video cables too close to other cables (power cords and such). If you experience distortion, it would probably happen with ANY KVM switch you buy. After all, you ARE extending your video cable. Worked great with CORDLESS KEYBOARD AND MOUSE.
WHAT WOULD MAKE IT BETTER: Heavier gauge shielded video cables, Ferrite bead at the end of each cable... Of course this would also make it and more expensive and bigger.
This is a good value.
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Summary: Mouse emulation
Review: So far, I've bought two of these, and I'm about to buy my third. It's easy to connect, inexpensive, and reliable. If you don't need DVI-monitor or USB-mouse support, this is the way to go.
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