Wireless Keyboard and Mouse that works with a KVM?

[Melena]

Anyone know of a wireless mouse and keyboard that will work via KVM? My sup has 3 computers he toggles between depending on the task at hand, and even after installing the keyboard/mouse individually on each computer, as soon as he plugs the receiver into the KVM, it won't work.

[orinthia]

Maybe put a powered usb hub onto the kvm and then plug the dongle into that? iogear and aten kvms seem to have the best luck with logitech dongles at least (bro has a cheap iogear kvm for his gaming and work machines, takes a couple seconds for his kb/m to switch over though). Could also try a software route with something from here if one machine is used a lot more often: https://listoffreeware.com/best-free...ple-computers/

[Melena]

Ok, I'll see if he's got a powered USB hub laying around his house. If not I'll have to order one and give that a try.

[orinthia]

When looking it up a little more, this popped up: https://community.logitech.com/s/que...o-a-kvm-switch It looks like there's problems with how a kvm might interpret and pass a usb device signal forward. If possible, maybe try putting keyboard on one dongle and mouse on another, or see if the kvm or a hub can be placed in a way that wired kb/m is feasible (the crappy option). Powered hub won't matter, that was just a shot in the dark.

[Surealistic]

try synergy, software that basically turns multiple computers into one, drag and drop, copy and paste, and keyboard mouse work across multiple computers as though it were one, pretty slick