<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">That Amaz 8-porter for $400 sounds like it's worth trying, assuming Amaz is the seller and you can return it easily if no workie.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">In my space, clients get this:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.amazon.ca/IOGEAR-4-Port-Multimedia-Switch-GCS1794/dp/B001V9LQ52">https://www.amazon.ca/IOGEAR-4-Port-Multimedia-Switch-GCS1794/dp/B001V9LQ52</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Cheap and readily available.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">At least 15 are out there at clients' IT desks, no deaths so far except for 1 AC adapter, a generic 16v(if I recall correctly) that can be had all over the place real cheap. I detest the company for vague reasons, but their KVMs stand up. Been using their KVMs since the VGA days, then onto DVI and now on HDMI/DP. FWIW</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks,<br><br>Ron S.<br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Sep 6, 2021 at 2:18 PM CrankyOldBugger <<a href="mailto:crankyoldbugger@gmail.com">crankyoldbugger@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Currently I have a 4-port KVM switch with HDMI and USB that let's me hook up my NUC and three lucky Raspis to one monitor, all over HDMI and sharing the same keyboard and mouse, of course.</div><div><br></div><div>I noticed that one of the four channels is no longer functioning. So my four port is now a three port. Much sad.</div><div><br></div><div>So I've been shopping around for a replacement, but to be honest I'm not impressed with what I've seen so far. Ideally I'd like to get an 8-port KVM and still make this month's mortgage payment, but the math doesn't work out. Amazon's cheapest 8-port (with HDMI and USB) is $400, with the high-end models around $3,000. So scratch that idea.</div><div><br></div><div>So that leaves me with either (i) staying with my now 3-port KVM, (ii) buying a 4-port KVM, or (iii) looking into one of those software based alternatives, whose name eludes me at the moment, or (preferable) (iv) find a 4-port switch that can be daisy-chained by adding more 4-port modules in the future.</div><div><br></div><div>Does anyone have any ideas about any of those options?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>Jeff</div><div><br></div></div>
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