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Recommend a KVM or Switch (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hello all, I'm looking for a switch/kvm for my home setup. ive been through a few tries and none of them have worked for one reason or another.

I have two machines,

A windows 11 work laptop

USB-C out, both USB and display port.
HDMI out
USB 2.0 out

A Ubuntu based personal server

Displayport out
USB-C out (no Displayport)

For displays, I have a single double wide 4k monitor

Additionally I have a USB-C hub all my peripherals are connected to.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I picked up one of these ugreen displayport KVMs a couple months ago and so far have been happy with it:

https://www.amazon.com/UGREEN-Displayport-Support-Monitor-Keyboard/dp/B0CFFFHFJT

The only issue I have had is that if I'm switched to computer B and computer A goes to sleep, I cannot wake it up through the switch. This was not a deal breaker for me because I have easy access to the power button of both computers. I wonder if this issue may be resolved by powering the switch with a USB-C power plug, since it otherwise requires USB power from both computer connections.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Awesome :) does the input support display port over usb-c or will i need an hdmi to displayport adapter for the windows laptop?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I'm using this as well and came in to recommend it. One machine is thunderbolt to DP. One is DP to DP. Both Windows machines and both work well. I used this cable https://a.co/d/diTREUK however I'd look for a higher DP/thunderbolt revision now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I don't believe that the USB-C ports can take video input, so you would most likely need to use either and HDMI to DP or USB-C to DP adapter.