Network screen/keyboard/mouse...doable?

[h2009]

Hi there,
I'm in the process of redoing my setup now and I'm trying to find out if there are any products on the market which can do the following:

1) Allow the baseunit to be in another room whilst everything else is in another.
2) I don't have any direct cat5e which aren't used for general networking, so I'm looking for a solution which is IP based so I don't have to direct cables and also I've got about 5pc's I need to connect, each to have its own monitor/keyboard/mouse.

Does anyone know of anything - and is it suitable for playing games over?

Thanks.

 

[h2009]

thats not really what hes asking.


there are such products allowing you to do an IP KVN type thing, but they are usually high end networking kit, ie not cheap.

i remember blackbox doing a networked KVM over ip, allowing you to use your keyboard/mouse/screen from 1 computer on any other computer on the network.

as for playing games, they'll be perferctly fine.

there is also the option of VNC, but they are generally not good if u want to play games over them

Hi Cycrow,

I've been looking into the IP KVM units, and it does seems like the only solution. But I haven't been able to find it its able to use with 5pc - with 5 users input/output (if you know what I mean?)

 

[h2009]

At the moment all the PC's are in the 'office' room, but I'd like to take them all out (to reduce heat, and noise) and stack them up in a 'server' room. But the problem is with 5Pc's and the distance between the rooms of 30 meters - CAT5/6 seems the only solution.

I guess I'll wait until something more suitable comes on the market.....

Thanks anyway for your input.