Two Questions...

[Jeff]

# 1. Say I got 3 2-Port KVM switches. Could I gang them up so that two go into one, and then I control things from there? This might not make sense, so I'll see if I can make a sweet ASCII-art picture. (Sorry about all the I's. I guess it doesn't register spaces)

ICIICIICIICI
II\/IIIII\/II
IIIXIIIIIXIII
IIII\IIII/IIII
IIIIII\I/IIIIII
IIIIIIIXIIIIIII

So for the above "picture", all the C's are computers, and all the X's are KVM's. Could I use them in this fashion?

# 2. I would like to add some more USB ports on my G4 PowerMac. I have looked at a nimber of PCI cards that say they work on Macs with OS 10.- and above. I definitely meet the requirements. I have read customer reviews that say the PCI cards cause problems with sleep. Can anyone tell me more about this? I mean, is a known(wide-spread) problem and is there a simple solution?

Answers to either question would be appreciated greatly!

 

[D3v1L80Y]

#1. I suppose technically, depending on the switches you could do that... though it would seem highly impractical and cumbersome in my opinion.

#2. The easiest solution would be to just buy an external USB hub. I have a 7-port USB hub from APC that works splendidly with my PowerBook.

 

[eric]

do you already have a 2 port kvm?

why not just get a 4 port kvm?

 

[Jeff]

#1. I suppose technically, depending on the switches you could do that... though it would seem highly impractical and cumbersome in my opinion.

#2. The easiest solution would be to just buy an external USB hub. I have a 7-port USB hub from APC that works splendidly with my PowerBook.

I was just looking, and for what I want, the ghetto KVM hook-up would be cheaper than getting a good 4-port one.

As for the USB, it doesn't have USB 2.0. I would be gettin g a USB2 card.

do you already have a 2 port kvm?

why not just get a 4 port kvm?

How do I put this?... I'm cheap.

Here is my comparison. Nice 4-Port unit for $250. Or get three of these 2-Port units for $36 each.