On Tue, 5 Sep 2006, Justin Kremer wrote: > On 9/5/06, Mike Miller <mbmiller at taxa.epi.umn.edu> wrote: >> On Tue, 5 Sep 2006, Jeff Rasmussen wrote: >> >>> I've used Avocent Switchview because of their ability to reset the mouse >>> and keyboard without rebooting the computers. >> >> I guess that is a KVM. Three earlier posts before this one mentioned KVMs >> that also did not require rebooting. Maybe I don't get this. The whole >> point of the KVM is that you can switch without rebooting. > > I think you misunderstood what he meant. Many of the cheaper KVM's have > issues with mouse or keyboard disconnecting every once in a while. > (Like the Belkins we have where I work...my input is don't go with the > Belkin Omniview E series) I believe that command is a way to make the > mouse reconnect without having to reboot the computer. On most KVM's > that have such an issue, you end up having to reboot the computer that > had the mouse disconnect, or go without your mouse. In fact, the > Belkins here have a "reset" button on them, but that doesn't even always > work to get the mouse input back. That said, I've never had any issues > with HP's rackmount 8 port IP KVM switches, but they're pretty spendy. Thanks. I understand. It is usually a bad idea to disconnect mouse or keyboard from a running computer, so I haven't done it with my KVM and I don't know how it would cope with that. It would probably fail. Mike