[geeks] PS/2 Keyboard/mouse 7 VGA over Cat5?

[Lionel Peterson]

>From: Sridhar Ayengar <ploopster at gmail.com>
>Date: Sun Mar 12 01:20:04 CST 2006
>To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: Re: [geeks] PS/2 Keyboard/mouse 7 VGA over Cat5?

>Lionel Peterson wrote:
>> Hello all,
>> 
>> I've got a dual-head KVM that I want to deploy with my servers in the basement, and I was thinking it would be nice to have a "Head" upstairs in my office. I have unused Cat5e run from basement to office and I imagine there devices that will carry a PS/2 keyboard, mouse and VGA signal over Cat5e (not a KVM-based solution)...
>> 
>> Thanks for any pointers,
>
>Some of the more featureful Raritan KVM switches do exactly this. 
>They're not cheap, but they're *extremely* modular, so you can add 
>whatever functionality that you see fit.

This is more along the lines of what I was looking for:

http://www.minicom.com/kvm_mini.htm

It is a small "dongle" that attaches to computer on one end, KVM on the other. I'd prefer a unit that is the reverse (the "transmitter" attaches to a KVM/Computer, and the "receiver" attaches to a monitor/keyboard/mouse). To use this device, I'd have to have a KVM in my upstairs office... All I want is a mouse/keyboard/video extension unit.

The unit above is about $175 new.

Lionel