Keyboard and Mouse Sharing

phasechange · 4 Jul 2007 at 15:10

Hi

!

I would like to share my Keyboard and USB Mouse between my Vista PC and my Linux box. I have a dual display setup and will just switch my second monitor to it's VGA input when using the Linux box so I will not need or use Monitor switching. I would like to switch:

Keyboard (must)
Mouse (must)
and Audio (nice to have)

is there such a device as a KAM or KM, or do I need to get a KVM? Do KVMs lag or are they suitable for gaming? Finally, what device would you recommend to allow the switching of Keyboard, Mouse and if possible audio?

Thanks,
Phasechange

phasechange · 5 Jul 2007 at 10:00

any ideas guys? Will a KVM work without the video connection?

shine · 5 Jul 2007 at 10:03

KVM will work without a video connection. I don't know about gaming as I don't have my gaming machine hooked up via my KVM.

phasechange · 5 Jul 2007 at 13:47

excellent thanks. Time to go shopping.