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Its a great idea, but a very bad one without encryption. Too many bad possibilities."

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Maybe you are the only one who knows how to use a packet sniffer, but doesn't know how to do SSH tunneling? If you were really worried enough to cut into your workflow you would set up stunnel or ssh tunneling.]]>Feb 16th 2006 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/Dec 19th 2005 1:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/Dec 19th 2005 1:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/Dec 19th 2005 1:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/KVM USB or Serial, or KVM over IP :)
but this seems to be the same stuff.
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http://software.landryhetu.com/synergy/

Install the above GUI for Synergy and you'll have a nice System Preferences interface to help you setup the connection.

Found via Lifehacker.

http://www.lifehacker.com/software/productivity/how-to-turn-your-dualmonitor-pc-into-a-dual-macpc-system-106123.php]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/
Once you use it, you wonder why there isn't a standard drawn up and this kind of funtionality built into every shipping OS]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/Dec 19th 2005 1:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/
It's a software tool for allowing you to use 1 keyboard and mouse ACROSS multiple systems. Very similar to the hardware solution, a KVM, except for the monitor sharing. Not software for replicating your input commands across multiple systems.

For example, each system requires it's own monitor and moving your mouse "off" of the first systems monitor causes it to appear on the second systems monitor switching all input commands to the second system only. And vice versa.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/
Here's the URL for the better OS X version (SynergyKM):
http://software.landryhetu.com/synergy/

It doesn't require all of the command line setup -- It's a preference pane and works great. It even has a menu bar item and settings for different locations.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/
has anyone seen a program or modification, or any way to get apple-tab to work on the screen you are currently working on with synergy?]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/Dec 19th 2005 1:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/Dec 19th 2005 1:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/Dec 19th 2005 1:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/Dec 19th 2005 1:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/Dec 19th 2005 1:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/
Synergy is more for computers near eachother, as the mouse cursor moves from screen to screen as if it were connected to one computer with multiple monitors, whereas VNC might be bettered suited using remotely, and Synergy takes up MUCH less resources (memory and network) than VNC.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/Dec 19th 2005 1:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/Dec 19th 2005 1:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/Dec 19th 2005 1:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/Dec 19th 2005 1:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/
x2vnc - http://fredrik.hubbe.net/x2vnc.html

For Windows-to-Windows, there's Win2vnc. For X-to-X, there's x2x.

Win2VNC - http://fredrik.hubbe.net/win2vnc.html

x2x - http://ftp.digital.com/pub/Digital/SRC/x2x/]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/Dec 19th 2005 1:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/
Works slick, and uses standard VNC, which is a big benefit, IMHO. You get cross-platform control of the other systems due to there being VNC servers for every platform out there, but I think the client is Windows only.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/win2vnc/

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http://fredrik.hubbe.net/x2vnc.html
http://fredrik.hubbe.net/win2vnc.html

It appears there is an "osx2vnc" that does this, as well.
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http://fredrik.hubbe.net/win2vnc.html

If you already have VNC server running, there's no configuration to deal with. Also, with Synergy, I had occasional weirdness (e.g. "caps lock" state and mouse state problems) that I've never had with Win2VNC.

What Synergy does better is the "mouse double bump to change monitors" feature. I liked that, but prefer the simplicity of Win2VNC. Also, Win2VNC does require that the primary computer run Windows.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/Dec 19th 2005 1:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/
I found it when I was looking for just a basic network clipboard.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/
I've ticked the checkboxes that denote where I do not want the mouse to jump but, nothing works. Anyone else run into this issue?]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/
brbubba: the newest version of synergy is a lot more stable, and in any case where you have static ip addresses it's practically rock solid

Patrick Haney and gman: thanks for the mac os x gui links.

cheers,
fabienne]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/
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http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/faq.html#faq5]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/
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I just removed two keyboards/mice off my desk, 4 screens (dual screen XP, OS X box and second win box). Awesome.

wish i could share the clipboard and wish on the X.4 box the cursor didn't jump to the middle of the screen when it wasn't on it (talk about minor gripe).

Wow. really cool. thanks synergy and engadget.

-gsf]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/
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It was pretty darn cool to be able to cut and paste between the SGI and the NT box.

In fact, the 'killer app' for teleffect was cutting giant chunks out of showcase (the SGI presentation software) and pasting them into powerpoint.
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Synergy is for when you have 2 to 4 computers and displays side by side. It lets you control them from one keyboard and mouse, cut'n'paste between monitors, etc. Essentially, a KM switch without extra cables and boxes.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/
http://brainscat.com/archives/2004/09/23/synergy2-laptop-desktop-heaven]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/09/how-to-share-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-realtime-with-synergy/
fink install synergy

I packaged Synergy v1.2.4 for Fink a couple of days ago.
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