FC1 and Belkin OmniView 4-port switch (Bob Hartung)

[Michael Gargiullo]

On Mon, 2004-05-03 at 12:06, lwj wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-05-02 at 21:34, amsm at iprimus.com.au wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > A few months back, I tried a Belkin 4-port "SOHO" KVM switch in my then setup
> > of RH 7.3 firewall/gateway machine, RH9 workstation (mostly running X) and
> > Win2K box.
> > 
> > I found that whenever I switched out to the RH7 or Win2k machines, on return
> > to the RH9 machine, the mouse was uncontrollable.  Apparently it's a known
> > issue with Belkin switches and X.  I tried the various suggestions I found
> > on the net for making sure all machines used the same protocols etc, but
> > nothing helped.
> > 

We've had issues like that with our Belkin KVM's.  We recently swapped
them all out with 32 port Cyclades KVM's.  They work really well, and
there's no need for bulky cables.  You run cat5 to a dongle that
attaches tot he machine.  Check them out, they make a 4 port version.