http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/10/iogears-pcportal-remote-desktop-kvm-is-a-little-less-virtual/ Engadget Comments for IOGEAR's PCPortal remote desktop KVM is a little less virtual http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/10/iogears-pcportal-remote-desktop-kvm-is-a-little-less-virtual/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/10/iogears-pcportal-remote-desktop-kvm-is-a-little-less-virtual/Mar 10th 2008 4:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/10/iogears-pcportal-remote-desktop-kvm-is-a-little-less-virtual/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/10/iogears-pcportal-remote-desktop-kvm-is-a-little-less-virtual/Mar 10th 2008 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/10/iogears-pcportal-remote-desktop-kvm-is-a-little-less-virtual/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/10/iogears-pcportal-remote-desktop-kvm-is-a-little-less-virtual/Mar 11th 2008 12:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/10/iogears-pcportal-remote-desktop-kvm-is-a-little-less-virtual/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/10/iogears-pcportal-remote-desktop-kvm-is-a-little-less-virtual/
It works good for what it is meant to do, only snag is there is a PS2 and a USB version. If you have a computer that doesn't support USB in BIOS, you are limited in what you can do until the OS is loaded.

It would be nice, especially at this price, these products supported both ps2 and usb. I may have to look into this specific product more to see if that is the case.]]>Mar 10th 2008 4:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/10/iogears-pcportal-remote-desktop-kvm-is-a-little-less-virtual/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/10/iogears-pcportal-remote-desktop-kvm-is-a-little-less-virtual/Mar 10th 2008 5:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/10/iogears-pcportal-remote-desktop-kvm-is-a-little-less-virtual/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/10/iogears-pcportal-remote-desktop-kvm-is-a-little-less-virtual/
It was an attempt to see if these products would be useful at remote locations, but the product I ordered has fallen short of what we require.]]>Mar 10th 2008 5:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/10/iogears-pcportal-remote-desktop-kvm-is-a-little-less-virtual/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/10/iogears-pcportal-remote-desktop-kvm-is-a-little-less-virtual/Given some of my family members & what they do to there systems before they call me, I should make them get a few of these.
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http://www.raritan.com/kvm-switches/kvm-over-ip/kx2-101/

FULL DISCLOSURE: I sell these products. Please delete this comment if it violates commenting rules -- I don't mean to be a corporate shill, just trying to be helpful!]]>Mar 10th 2008 5:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/10/iogears-pcportal-remote-desktop-kvm-is-a-little-less-virtual/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/10/iogears-pcportal-remote-desktop-kvm-is-a-little-less-virtual/Mar 10th 2008 5:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/10/iogears-pcportal-remote-desktop-kvm-is-a-little-less-virtual/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/10/iogears-pcportal-remote-desktop-kvm-is-a-little-less-virtual/Mar 10th 2008 6:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/10/iogears-pcportal-remote-desktop-kvm-is-a-little-less-virtual/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/10/iogears-pcportal-remote-desktop-kvm-is-a-little-less-virtual/

I think I'll pass.]]>Mar 10th 2008 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/10/iogears-pcportal-remote-desktop-kvm-is-a-little-less-virtual/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/10/iogears-pcportal-remote-desktop-kvm-is-a-little-less-virtual/Mar 10th 2008 8:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/10/iogears-pcportal-remote-desktop-kvm-is-a-little-less-virtual/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/10/iogears-pcportal-remote-desktop-kvm-is-a-little-less-virtual/Mar 10th 2008 8:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/10/iogears-pcportal-remote-desktop-kvm-is-a-little-less-virtual/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/10/iogears-pcportal-remote-desktop-kvm-is-a-little-less-virtual/Mar 10th 2008 8:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/10/iogears-pcportal-remote-desktop-kvm-is-a-little-less-virtual/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/10/iogears-pcportal-remote-desktop-kvm-is-a-little-less-virtual/Mar 11th 2008 1:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/10/iogears-pcportal-remote-desktop-kvm-is-a-little-less-virtual/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/10/iogears-pcportal-remote-desktop-kvm-is-a-little-less-virtual/
The Dell uses licenses Avocent technology. It's nice to be able to power cycle a server half a world away.]]>Mar 11th 2008 12:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/10/iogears-pcportal-remote-desktop-kvm-is-a-little-less-virtual/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/10/iogears-pcportal-remote-desktop-kvm-is-a-little-less-virtual/
FULL DISCLOSURE: I do NOT sell these products but am a very happy user of them :) ]]>Mar 11th 2008 5:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/10/iogears-pcportal-remote-desktop-kvm-is-a-little-less-virtual/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/10/iogears-pcportal-remote-desktop-kvm-is-a-little-less-virtual/Mar 11th 2008 6:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/10/iogears-pcportal-remote-desktop-kvm-is-a-little-less-virtual/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/10/iogears-pcportal-remote-desktop-kvm-is-a-little-less-virtual/
This MIGHT be useful if it hits >$99.]]>Mar 11th 2008 3:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/10/iogears-pcportal-remote-desktop-kvm-is-a-little-less-virtual/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/10/iogears-pcportal-remote-desktop-kvm-is-a-little-less-virtual/
Remote Desktop is great, how many 3 hour (each way) drives at $100/hr would it take to pay for one? (Hint: Less than one)]]>Mar 11th 2008 10:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/10/iogears-pcportal-remote-desktop-kvm-is-a-little-less-virtual/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/10/iogears-pcportal-remote-desktop-kvm-is-a-little-less-virtual/
http://www.digital-loggers.com/lpc.html

I can remotely control and power-cycle up to about 4 workstations or servers for under $600 total, or up to 8 nodes for about $900 total. That's worthwhile in saved drive round-trip time alone.
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