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From: Marc Haber on 6 Jul 2010 06:57 annalissa <aarklon(a)gmail.com> wrote: >can anybody explain me the trade off between a KVM switch and the use >of a Desktop sharing software such as VNC viewer ? A KVM switch is way more expensive, but there are situations (for example, hardware configuration, OS installation or low-level troubleshooting regarding the boot process) where VNC (which needs a running OS to work) won't help. Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | http://www.zugschlus.de/ Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 621 72739834
From: Marc Haber on 10 Jul 2010 05:57 General Schvantzkoph <schvantzkoph(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >I'm using both the VGA and DVI inputs, all monitors with both a VGA and a >DVI input have a source selector menu so you can take advantage of both >inputs. But the monitors that don't hide that setting in the second-next-to-last menu level are becoming less common each year. Greetings Marc, liking his LG L2000C for that reason -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | http://www.zugschlus.de/ Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 621 72739834
From: David Lesher on 10 Jul 2010 20:50
Lusotec <nomail(a)nomail.not> writes: >annalissa wrote: >> can anybody explain me the trade off between a KVM switch and the use >> of a Desktop sharing software such as VNC viewer ? >KVM is limited to connecting local (as in same desk/room) machines but has >no performance overhead. VNC has performance penalties but can connect any >machines on the internet. The physical KVM will let you see the BIOS/boot process; VNC won't. Most KVM's are local-only, but some lets you set up a static IP address between two boxes so you can be anywhere. -- A host is a host from coast to coast.................wb8foz(a)nrk.com & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433 |