[geeks] [rescue] IP KVM ... er, correction, console extender?

[Phil Stracchino]

Mark Hermsdorfer wrote:
> I think a less expensive solution would be a 'console extender' and not an
> IP KVM.  This won't allow you to run it over your ip network, but will allow
> you to simply run a cat5 line from the computer to the console.

"console extender" is indeed more what I'm looking for, and is actually
what I meant in the first place when my brain supplied "IP KVM".  ("It's
using CAT5," brain says, "naturally it'd run IP, right?")  As previously
mentioned, audio isn't a problem, running a 50' audio line alongside the
CAT5 is trivial.

> for example:
> http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1221627&CatId=601
> 
> It lacks audio but you may be able to use a usb audio card.  It's also
> expensive... at $275 it might be more cost effective to put together a cheap
> computer.
> 
> For what its worth that's my two cents.

A good and worthy two cents, in this case.  Thanks for the correction.


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