On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 12:22 PM, Devin Reade gdr@gno.org wrote:
--On Wednesday, March 23, 2011 03:19:49 AM +0000 Miguel Medalha miguelmedalha@sapo.pt wrote:
The D-Links are NOT suitable for professional use. I used one of their models and it hanged on me multiple times. Because it is powered by the keyboard/mouse/video connectors, the only way to recover it is to physically disconnect ALL cables and reconnect them again.
Ok, I won't argue with that; a "it fails in this scenario" overrides a "it works for me". I will add though, that were it got into the state described above was where I was able to recover it by using the reset button. You might want to try that next time instead of the cable disconnect solution.
But no, it shouldn't happen to begin with, and that power aspect is clearly a design flaw.
If I had a better make/model to recommend, I'd mention it, but I don't. I suspect that they are out there, but I can't say which.
Devin
I've had good luck with the Dell 71PXP, which is easy to find used for under $100. I also use Aten 2L5502UP cables to convert PS/2 to USB for the servers.
Ryan