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A couple of years ago, I asked online for some recommendations for KVMs for our rack. At the recommendation of our IT people, we acquired a Rose Electronics Ultraview Remote 16 port single user KVM over IP. During that period of time we had a lot of issues with it, such as having to reboot it almost daily. A few times it would not even reboot, and I sent it back to Rose. This last time, I could not revive it, and now they want to charge me $650, and we are telling them to stick it. What I would like to get is a KVM over IP 16-port using CAT5 cables, 1 or 2 users. All the systems in the rack are USB, and our rack-mounted keyboard/monitor has PS/2 cables. Essentially our use is reasonably low, but it is a real pain have to bring a monitor, keyboard and mouse into the computer room. All our systems in the rack are Linux. While I would prefer to be able to access the KVM from Linux, all we really need is local access as well as remote access from Windows XP.=20 I'm looking for stability because the computer room is tiny and shared by a number of other companies. JABR's company uses an Aten KVM. The CS1716i <http://www.aten.com/products/productItem.php?pcid=3D2005010513171002&psi= d=3D20060411131311002&pid=3D20100104165819001&layerid=3DsubClass1> seems to meet my specs. I do note that this uses custom cables with DB9 connectors. This is ok, since we are talking about connecting a single rack. I'm not exactly sure what model JABR's company has. I do want to give my boss a choice because he is limited to buying from 1 distributor via PO. I'm primarily interested in personal experience. There are many companies that offer similar products, like Raritan and Avocent. Belking makes them too, but I don't like Belkin's products. --=20 Jerry Feldman <gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846
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