Talk:KVM switch

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is it possible to use a KVM and synergy? Setup A PC with dual displays and one large desktop and a Mac Mini that wants to share only one screen from time to time... Any ideas

You'd probably be best off asking a dedicated support group - eg. macfixit - as not many people check these pages. HTH, Thomas Ash 10:42, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] KVM and gaming

I heard KVM switches have some limitations in video resolutions, refresh rates, etc and doesn't serve wel for gaming. Does anyone have some more information on this?

--t0maz 18:52, 1 February 2006 (UTC)


Two types of KVM switches exist, analogue and digital.

An analogue KVM switch requires dedicated cabling from the server to the switch and from the PC (being used as a monitor) to the switch. Because the cabling is dedicated there is virtually no degradation in performance.

A digital KVM switch requires dedicated wiring from the server to the switch just like in the analogue scenario. The switch is then connected to the local area network via IP. The PC being used as a monitor connects to the switch via IP using a browser. This solution is very flexible but the performance of the video and mouse movements can suffer especially if the user PC is connecting to the server (via the KVM switch) over a wide area netwiork or the Internet. The degradation in performance is called latency.

Marc - Montreal, Canada --Marct65 22:59, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

actually even with an analog switch you can see horrific performance when it comes to DVD playback or gaming.. it depends on the quality of the switch. The cheaper switches, often times with a plastic chassis, usually have poorer performance.. whereas the professional and higher quality KVM's have much better video bandwidth (up to 400 MHz) and therefore can support higher resolutions and refresh rates

Spencer - Brea, California

[edit] Merger with KVMoIP

This article has a heading, Remote KVM devices (KVM/ip), which is on the same topic as the KVMoIP article. The KVMoIP article isn't extensive, so it could easily be formatted and placed under the heading in this article. This is the first time I've merged a page so I just wanted to check this is the correct way to do it - any thoughts? - Tim 02:00, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

Agree. Go ahead and move the KVMoIP text into the KVM Switch article. — Jonathan Kovaciny (talk|contribs) 21:33, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
Go ahead as technology is the same so lets have One Document. 10:01, 19 October 2006 (IST)
I performed the merge, but it still needs some work. I left the existing KVM/ip section intact. It should probably be merged with the KVMoIP text. -- Austin Murphy 19:28, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
As suggested, I have merged the KVMoIP text into the existing Remote Over IP section. The majority of it was redundant information. I also attempted to further wikify some of the grammar. If anyone wants to review my changes, it'd be appreciated. Verdatum 16:37, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The KVM market

I'm curious to know why Minicom was removed as one of the largest suppliers but yet the other three are allowed to remain with the request for a citation that has been there for some time. Surely it should be all or none if you are going to be consistent...Kelly97 19:28, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Graphviz diagram

graph KVM {
  node [shape = box, fillcolor = "#efefef", style = filled, fontname = Verdana];

  KVM [fillcolor = "#afafef"]

  Keyboard -- KVM
  Video -- KVM
  Mouse -- KVM

  KVM -- "Computer #1"
  KVM -- "Computer #2"
}