What Are KVM extenders? • What Are KVM extenders? • KVM extenders are devices specifically designed to increase the distance that a keyboard, monitor and mouse (KVM station) can be placed from a computer or KVM switch. Some KVM extenders can a...

Applications and Appliances • Applications and appliances • Now that your network is up and running it is time to consider what to do with the network. Surely you did not install a Layer III switch and DSL Modems running a 10 kilometer copper ...

...network, Layer 2 switches easily support these types of communications. But multicasting is transmitting data from one network device to multiple users. When multicasting with Layer 2 switches, all attached devices receive the packets, whethe...

...TEMPEST-Secure KVM Switches • For 2 or 4 ports, with USB, and DVI-I or VGA the ServSwitch Secure KVM Switch with USB provides control and separation of up to four PCs connected to secure and unsecure networks through just one keyboard, monitor,...

...regularly use KVM switches to access servers either locally, or remotely or both. But building up a large scale KVM network can also introduce new problems. Questions such as “Which switch is Server 42 on?”, “Where can I find the WEB server?”,...

...brand of KVM switches was first introduced, there were only two ways to switch: from front-panel push buttons or by sending command sequences from the keyboard. Although this was more convenient than having a separate keyboard, monitor, a...

...instance, using VLAN switches, you can establish a secure VLAN made up of select devices located throughout your enterprise (managers’ workstations, for example) or any other device that you decide requires full access to the VLAN you’ve created....

...is useless. • KVM switches • KVM switches enable the administrator to warm boot (and, with extra hardware, cold boot) a system and access BIOS settings. However, as complete out-of-band solutions, they're limited to the lengths of their suppor...