Best way of using my laptop and rig @ same time Using same mouse and Keyboard?Switch?

Adam Senior · 1 Nov 2006 at 22:26

Im wanting to use my laptop for web browsing and emails ect. and my gaming rig for just gaming. So i dont clutter it up with crap. Iv found it awsome been able to switch my monitor from one 2 the other but having to have 2 keyboards and 2 mice is anoying? can i get a switch that i plug them both into and i get 2 cable that go to both pcs so 2 inputs with 4 output. I would input 1 mouse...1 keyboard..gives out 2 mice 2 keyboards.?

breamy1990 · 1 Nov 2006 at 22:39

kvm switch

ocuk sell them

Adam Senior · 1 Nov 2006 at 22:49

cant find the for the love of god...

benjo plz. · 1 Nov 2006 at 22:50

Here

Adam Senior · 1 Nov 2006 at 22:55

-I-Am-Great- · 1 Nov 2006 at 23:01

does that let you switch between monitor, keyboard and mouse. nice one

MarkLP · 1 Nov 2006 at 23:02

VNC would be a cheaper option?

Snapshot · 2 Nov 2006 at 06:42

-I-Am-Great- said:
does that let you switch between monitor, keyboard and mouse. nice one

KVM == Keyboard, Video, Mouse. I've used a 4-port Belkin OmniCube for years and it makes things much simpler. I would like to find a KVM that handles DVI though.

Jonathan

hardc0re_tid · 2 Nov 2006 at 10:06

im looking for a KVM myself but i cant seem to find one where all the wires plug into the back.

not too keen of the ones where the wires plug into the sides and back etc... looks messy.

Dinomania · 2 Nov 2006 at 10:14

If they're on a network, google for open-source program Synergy

It's a bit confusing to set up but once it's sorted it's excellent, had the lappy and PC next to each other and just moused across, the keyboard works in whatever window you've got in focus as usual...

Captain Fizz · 2 Nov 2006 at 10:26

hardc0re_tid said:
im looking for a KVM myself but i cant seem to find one where all the wires plug into the back.

'Black Box' make nice ones where all the cables go into the back.
Not terribly cheap though.

And with most KVM's, they need a PS2 keyboard and mouse.
USB -> PS2 converters tend not to work at all in KVM's.

Raumarik · 2 Nov 2006 at 10:33

Captain Fizz said:
USB -> PS2 converters tend not to work at all in KVM's.

Found that our recently which is well odd, the Belkin KVMs I have only need one USB connector to the PCs USB port and it simulates both keyboard and mouse. Very annoying as it's getting harder to get decent PS2 mice/keyboards.