<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt">The downstairs pc would be running windows and occasionally linux. Distance is roughly 75 feet. <br><br>I'm looking at this:<br><br>http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817403070&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-_-pla-_-KVM+Switches-_-N82E16817403070&gclid=CP249YWck7YCFY4WMgod5mEAXA<br><br>I don't need high resolution. Would this possibly work?<br><div><span><br></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> L. V. Lammert <lvl@omnitec.net><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> desert
frag <desertfrag@yahoo.com>; "Mailing List for LUG in greater Grand Rapids, MI area." <grlug@grlug.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, March 23, 2013 11:53 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [GRLUG] dumb terminal?<br> </font> </div> <br>
On Sat, 23 Mar 2013, desert frag wrote:<br><br>> I would like the monitor, keyboard, and mouse upstairs but the computer<br>> downstairs. Do they make a small device to connect the upstairs<br>> components wirelessly to the computer?<br>><br>How far? I have used VGA and PS/2 at 30-40 feet, .. never tried USB.<br><br>If you are just working on the system downstairs, ssh is simple; you can<br>also use another system with VNC, rdesktop, or X [run applications<br>remotely].<br><br>OR, put a Rasberry PI upstairs for your "terminal"!<br><br>To run just the HW upstairs you would need a KVM over TCP/IP unit, and<br>they are pretty pricey:<br><br>http://www.kvms.com/Section/1-Port-KVM-Over-IP-Switch.aspx<br><br> Lee<br><br><br> </div> </div> </div></body></html>