[ale] KV, but not M...

Wandered Inn esoteric at denali.atlnet.com
Wed Aug 2 21:37:08 EDT 2000


Marc Torres wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 2 Aug 2000, Patrick wrote:
> > Are you booting with the switch turned to each machine as it boots?  Most
> > switches will not send ps2 or serial sigs to the machines unless there is a
> > physical connection.
> 
>         If you have a 'hard' switchbox not a electronic one this is
>         most likely your problem.  Even amongst the electronic ones
>         you get what you pay for, be careful.

This is true, my box was relatively expensive, requires it's own power
and has cute little leds telling you the state of each machine.  A few
other bells/whistles as well.

> 
>         Also if your switch has ports for both PS/2 and Serial mice
>         it will normally only support 4 of one type or the other,
>         you cannot mix-n-match amoung the servers.

This does not apply to the box I have.  It has both ps/2 and serial
mouse ports of which I've mixed and match with no problems.

> 
>         If I have to have them, I only use Rartians - never had a
>         problem with them.  If you do have a 'hard' switch and no
>         budget to buy a really good one Rartian sells a 'dongle'
>         with KB and M leads that you can plug into the back of your
>         server.  It provides the heartbeat to the ports so everything
>         will work and you can hotplug KB and Mice into the dongle.

Mines a linksys, and I've never had a problem with it.  I went through
about 5 of the cheap boxes before I got this one.

> 
>         The dongles arn't nearly as expensive and much cheaper then a
>         hung server ;-)
> 
>         --marct
>         marct at mindspring.com

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