Use of KVM switch with an IMAC

Have a new IMAC and wanted to use my existing IOGEAR KVM switch. Normally, the two computers plug into the switch and from the switch to the computer. Since the computer and monitor are all one, is this still possible - or how do I use this with the IMAC?

You show that you are running Tiger. This is the Leopard forum.
I suggest reposting in the iMAC forum regardless. It is not a Leopard issue it is a hardware question.
http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=132

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How to use a KVM switch with my IMAC

Have a new IMAC and wanting to use my KVM switch - is there a way to use it?
Thanks,

Zimmer1956 wrote:
Have a new IMAC and wanting to use my KVM switch - is there a way to use it?
If you mean you want to send video from another computer to the iMac display,
the answer is: NO WAY. iMacs have no video input; the mini-DVI is output-only.
If you want to send iMac video to a shared external monitor, it might work -- if
you can find a KVM switch for a USB keyboard & mouse.
Looby

How to use a KVM switch with a Pavillion 23

I have a Pavillion 23, and it has no VGA port, but it does have a USB port.
I have another machine that is not an all in one pc, and I was hoping to use a KVM switch to use the Pavillion 23's video monitor capabilites, and just toggle between it and my other machine. I have a USB to VGA converter. Can this work? Will this create some sort of infinate loop? I have a sneaking suspicion that I need a 2nd usb to VGA converter. Am I right?

Hi,
This will be the out port, not in port therefore you can't use the 23" monitor.
Regards.
BH
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Using a KVM switch between the Mini and a PC

I've just bought a Mini to try out the whole Mac experience.
I'm having trouble getting a KVM switch to work with the Mac.
I have a Tripp Lite B034-002-R KVM switch to share between the Mini and my WinXP PC. The switch changes over to the other computer when you press NUM LOCK twice within 2 seconds. This is working in the PC (i.e. switching from the PC to the Mac is fine) but is not working in the Mac (i.e. the switch doesn't change from the Mac to the PC).
I have a MS "Natural Keyboard Pro" USB keyboard.
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Does anyone out there know from experience that a particular IOGEAR model does work with an Apple keyboard? IOGEAR Support says that they will send me a different model if I pay the difference. Or can anyone give me the brand name and model number of any KVM switch known to be compatible with Apple keyboards (particularly one that costs less thatn $75)? A ConnectPro 2-port USB KVM switch will work, according to another discussion group post. Any advice or information will be much appreciated.

I have used Airport Time Capsule with my iMac for several years. I recently purchased a MacBook Air and when it tried to backup to Time Capsule it couldn't because Time Capsule is full. How can I now use the 3TB Airport Time Capsule to back up both?

I have used Airport Time Capsule with my iMac for a couple years. I recently purchased a MacBook Air and when it tried to backup to Time Capsule it couldn't because Time Capsule is full. How can I now use the 3TB Airport Time Capsule to back up both the iMac and MacBook Air? I don't mind losing earlier backups. I have excluded some items from backing up, but since the Airport Time Capsule is full, I can't even begin to back up the MacBook Air.

On your Mac.......
Open Finder > Applications > Utilities > AirPort Utility
Click on the Time Capsule icon, then click Edit in the smaller window that appears
Click on the Disks tab at the top of the window
Click Erase Disk
On the next window that appears, select the Quick Erase option, then click Erase
The operation will only take a few minutes.
Now you are ready to start new backups of both Macs. Back up one Mac first, then back up the other. Do not try to back up both Macs as the same time.

Using -pack + -standalone switches with Weblogic ?

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Does anyone know as to whats the issue with using -pack + -standalone switches with Weblogic ? Its been mentioned in the documentation that its not advisable to use those in combination when we build and EAR. We have been doing this in our project for atleast a month now and have not come across any issue due to this.
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Hi,
Does anyone know as to whats the issue with using -pack + -standalone switches with Weblogic ? Its been mentioned in the documentation that its not advisable to use those in combination when we build and EAR. We have been doing this in our project for atleast a month now and have not come across any issue due to this.
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Which KVM Switch with K8N Neo4/SLI ???

I'm about to give up on getting my current IO Gear switch to work with this board, has any tried IOGear GCS1732 Extreme?? ANY other USB KVM that works with this board?
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heres somthing interesting....i installed a pci usb card, now the kvm works perfectly, my old one, the one i bought months ago for 70 dollars, so that pretty much proves that it is MSI's problem, its how the mobo was designed that conflicts with the kvm, once the mobo uses the usb ports through the pci slot the kvm has no problmes. Theres a catch though, and thats what strangebrew said, the keyboard will not be detected during bios, and im thinking thats not the kvm rather a limitiation of the pci usb card, if i have another keyboard pluged in during post, once in wondows i can unplug it, and the keyboard and mouse plugged in the kvm work fine....
so it is a limitation on msi's behalf..
so in total 50 dollars, 20+tax new keyboard, 20+tax pci card, but at least i can use my kvm, and beats buying a new expensive one.
how ive set my comps up now is, one key board connected directly to the neo4, and everything else to the kvm so i still share the mouse, speakers and monitor. i just have an extra keyboard on the desk for the 2nd comp... not perfect but it cheaper, and alot better than having to unplug the keybaord back and forth...and i get to use my mx700 on both comps.
update another thing you can do, wich is what im doing now, is simply use 1 keyboard for both comps through the kvm, and leave the extra keybaord hidden or out of the way plugged into the msi board, as long as it has a keyboard plugged in the reg usb or ps2 ports, it should boot fine, and when its time to go in to bios, just whip out the extra.

Using external hard drive with both iMac and PC

I own an old Dell PC and an iBook, and will soon replace the Dell with an iMac.
I recently bought a 250GB Western Digital external hard drive to back up my data. I would like to use this hard drive to back up all of the files that are on the PC (which I will soon be getting rid of) and also use it for backing up the files on the iBook and, when it arrives, the iMac. In other words, neatly back up all my info onto the back-up drive.
My question is this: can I do this? If not, what is the best way to consolidate all of the data from all of these computers into one place? Will the fact that some data comes from a PC and some from a Mac be a problem? Can you move back-up drives fromone computer to another? The photos on my PC are saved in Picasa, whereas the photos on the iBook are in iTunes. My iPod music files are all on the PC in iTunes.
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Hello,
Your best option would be to store the files from your PC on the drive with the drive in the FAT32 format. Then, copy the files to your Mac's Internal hard drive.
Now, once the files are stored safely on your Mac's internal hard drive, you can safely reformat the external drive as a Mac OS X Extended (Journaled) drive. That will be the best format to use for long-term purposes with your Mac.
Many OS X file types (such as many PKG files) cannot be stored / written to a FAT32 volume. So, a FAT32 drive would not be suitable for backing-up an entire OS X hard drive (or even many of the system updates that you might download).
So, that's how I'd do it. Use the drive as a FAT32 just long enough to get the files moved to your Mac.
Once the drive is re-formatted in the Native Mac format, then you could copy the files back to it, and any other Mac files that you wanted to back-up to it for safe-keeping.
Personally, I would re-partition it in at least two pieces on the Mac. One to hold data / personal files for safe-keeping, and a second bootable partition for a full system / OS X backup.
You can read a bit more about this in some of my previous discussions here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2536703&#2536703
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2597825&#2597825
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2632566&#2632566
Read through each of those three discussions and you'll see how they all come together and provide you with a good solution for backing-up your hard drive.
I hope you don't mind my linking you to those other discussions, but it just seemed more practical than re-typing what I had already said all over again
Also, if you are getting one of the new Intel iMac systems, and you want to be able to create a bootable backup as described in those posts, be sure to format your external hard drive using the new GUID format. That will provide you with the best solution.
I hope this helps.
Let us know if you have other questions.
P.S., if you'd like, go ahead and click the "Helpful" or "Solved" buttons on any of the posts / replies above if you feel they were helpful or adequately answered your question.

Using Catalyst 3550 Switch with Linksys Home Router and Cable Internet

I've about pulled what little hair I have out of my head on this one, and need some configuration help.
I have a Cisco Catalyst 3550 switch with five Windows 7 desktops, an Avaya PBX and five Avaya IP phones attached. All of these devices are on a 192.168.0.0/24 subnet, and are communicating properly. I will refer to this as network # 1. I also have SEPARATE network, we'll call network # 2, using AT&T ADSL service and a Netgear 4-port/wireless router/ADSL modem combo device, which is functioning properly with a couple of other Windows 7 desktops over its own wired Ethernet network, using DHCP, and also on a 192.168.0.0/24 subnet. I thought it would be a simple integration, just plugging one of the 3550's ports to one of the DSL router's ports, in order to give the five Windows 7 desktop computers on network # 1 internet access via the DSL modem. Guess I was wrong. When I connect the two switches together, although I get a good connectivity (green lights on both ports) and am able to ping the DSL router's gateway address (192.168.0.252) from network # 1's computers, the computers on network # 1 cannot access the internet. Also, the working computers on network # 2 lose their internet access as long as the two switches are connected together. I am not a Cisco guru, but there's got to be a way to make this scenario work. Can someone provide me with a 3550 configuration that will allow me to extend my internet service from network # 2 on the DSL router to my 3550 switch and their computers? Here's what I am looking for:
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The Netgear router is probably what's doing the natting. Is the 3550 configured for routing or is it straight L2? If you have the 3550 configured as L3, then it's going to be easy to do what you want. Just add a static route on the Netgear to point the subnet that it doesn't know about to the 3550. For example, if the Netgear is addressed at 192.168.1.1 and the Cisco 3550 is addressed at 192.168.1.2, but it also knows about the 192.168.0.0/24 (separate vlan), then you would put a static route on your Netgear for 192.168.0.0/24 to go to 192.168.1.2.
The way that I would do it is to create a separate vlan on the 3550 and assign an address to it. Once you do that, make the port that the other switch connects to an access port of that vlan. (It would need to be on the same subnet as the existing equipment.) All of your devices would use it as a default gateway and then you would do the rest as above. You could also use RIP between the Netgear and Cisco if you can't do static routing.
HTH,
John

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