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Freedom9 freeView IP 100 IP KVM Switch Review

Tue, 04/24/2007 - 5:37pm — jhgoodwin

Test Setup #2

Dell Inspiron 8600

  • 1.4Ghz Pentium M
  • 2GB RAM
  • 80GB HD
  • DVD Writer
  • 2xUSB Port on docking station
  • Docking Station VGA

Experience

The laptop had about the worst experience. The mouse movement was erratic, no matter how many times I synced it, or how many mouse options I tried, how many times I reset the Keyboard/Mouse, or the entire device, it didn't work right. The keyboard worked, but the mouse didn't really work right.

Additionally, the laptop didn't seem to want to output the screen to the monitor through the VGA port during the startup, at least when the laptop screen was also visible. After starting, I was able to see, and when the monitor was blank, the soft keyboard and IP KVM keyboard access did indeed work.

Below is an unmodified example of the image quality

Considering it's only supposed to be for administration, it's probably not critical to have super quality. Additionally, the bytes in/out indicate this product could be used over dialup speeds.

More to come

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Comments

Wed, 05/30/2007 - 1:43pm — Anonymous (not verified)

on page 9, what does usb

on page 9, what does usb boot have to do with the kvm? what usb device was detected?
Mon, 09/07/2009 - 10:13pm — jhgoodwin

USB Boot using KVM

After noticing my comment queue had lots of spam, I looked back and saw your comment! Well, years late, I'd just like to say USB boot is for the KVM to be able to boot up the computer using a remote CD drive. Basically using the remote KVM software, you can mount an ISO image as though it was local to the device. This allows you to remotely reload the OS, or boot a rescue CD. I hope this makes sense. John