On 5/27/2014 5:38 PM, Michael Hennebry wrote:
> Until recently, I had a 32-bit machine with one monitor running fedora.
> The later editions of fedora didn't like it, so I switched to CentOS.
> Now I have two 64-bit machines and two monitors and a CenturyLink router.
> Also a KVM switch that I have not taken out of the package.
> My main machine has two video connections
> and two ethernet connections, eth0 and eth1 .
>
> I've never had more than one machine or more than one monitor before.
>
> I'd like to be able to use both monitors at once on my main machine.
> I'd like to be able to switch one monitor
> between machines without too much trouble.
> I'd rather not where the pins out.
> KVM will do this, right?
> KVM is transparent to the computer, right?
> My secondary machine sometimes runs Windows,
> so I'd like it not to have its own global IP address.
> My first thought would be to connect it directly
> to one of the ethernet ports on my main machine.
>
> How do I go about this?
> The answer I am expecting is one or more links to tutorials or the like.
my 2 monitors each have several video inputs. both monitors are DVI
to my main computer, and I recently plugged the 2nd monitor into another
computer via VGA, so I could switch it using the front panel pushbutton
on hte monitor. I used a seperate keyboard/mouse for that seperate
computer.
IF your monitor and computers use the same video connection as your KVM
supports, then sure, you could put the KVM on one monitor, and switch it
and the keyboard between the two computers, the other monitor would stay
plugged into the one computer that has dual ouputs.
now, about that networking thing. thats a whole different issue.
plugging the 2nd computer into the 2nd port on the first computer will
require the first computer to implement some form of network sharing and
to configure a 2nd subnet address range on that 2nd port, something like
192.168.x.y.
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john r pierce 37N 122W
somewhere on the middle of the left coast
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