KVM switch problem

Terry Polzin foxec208 at wowway.com
Tue Jan 30 20:04:56 UTC 2007


On Tuesday 30 January 2007 13:03, Gerhard Magnus wrote:
> I've been trying to get a Belkin USB KVM switch to work with two FC6
> boxes.  The top of the KVM unit has a pair of illuminated buttons that
> are used to manually switch the peripherals from one system to the
> other.  It seems this would be straightforward but it's not.  The
> keyboard, monitor and mouse work fine when just one system is physically
> plugged into the switch.  But with both systems connected to it the
> switch seems to have a mind of its own and goes back and forth between
> the boxes as soon as I start using the keyboard or mouse.  Often both
> buttons on the switch are illuminated, as if it were trying to deal with
> input from both systems.
>
> Has anyone had a problem like this?  Is there a workaround?
>
> Thanks for the help! -- Jerry
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