Control Of 3 PC's With 1 Keyboard/Mouse/Monitor ?

Bint Box · 9 Mar 2010 at 14:16

Hi,

Will the USB hub option of some monitors allow control of three PC's using one mouse, one keyboard and one monitor (subject to monitor having 3 PC inputs such as HDMI, DVI, VGA) ?

If this is possible what connectivity do I need from the PC's to the USB hub of the monitor ?

Thx for any help
Binty

atmax1 · 9 Mar 2010 at 14:20

ant you better with a kvm switch? and I don't think it would work

Bint Box · 9 Mar 2010 at 14:25

OK, after a quick "google" a KVM switch seems a reasonable option.

I need to connect 2 DVI and 1 VGA or possibly 3 DVI PC outputs to a KVM including audio, any recommendations for a good 4 port KVM that will allow this. Also, possibly one of the PC's will be running linux if thats a factor. The mouse and keyboard are USB and all PC's have USB ports available.

Thx
Binty

shadowake · 9 Mar 2010 at 15:15

Will remote desktop not work? (its no good for gaming etc) if not as sugested KVM

cmndr_andi · 9 Mar 2010 at 15:19

This may be of use if you don't want to spend any money, you just need to be able to plug 3 PCs into 1 monitor (not all can).