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  1. 5th November 2008, 09:45 AM #1
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    Desktop extender hardware

    Folks,

    My client's office is two rooms: One is an IT room with a rack in which will sit our server/workstation PC. The other is the operator's room.

    Distance between the operators desk and the rack is ~ 10 metres.

    Would welcome any advice on how to configure things so that the screen, mouse, keyboard and USB port can be remote from the server.

    For instance:
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    Cheers.
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  2. 5th November 2008, 11:54 AM #2
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    If the distance is only 10m, then extension cables will be the go.

    We have used these for exactly this purpose, and have no problems. Anything over about 10m will probably require an amp to work properly.

    The cables are available from most good computer stores.
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    yep agreed... extension cable and just mirror the monitor

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    Quote Originally Posted by Outlaw View Post
    yep agreed... extension cable and just mirror the monitor
    Josh, what do you mean by "mirror"?

    My issue with the hard wired option is the number of leads and how neat and professional it'll look. This is a $1.4m job for us but all the end user sees is the head end PC.

    Got a better price from Black Box of $614 ex. An ACU4001A if you're interested.
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  5. 5th November 2008, 01:27 PM #5
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    run cables through the walls

    sorry didn't read your needs properly... i read as need to access the same machine from 2 positions so was thinking mirroring the desktop on 2 monitors in different rooms.

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    I posted this in another thread, software version.

    http://www.aulro.com/afvb/computers/...eens-pc-2.html

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    Is remote control using something like VNC an option? Doesn't give you access to the USB port, but gives keyboard, video and mouse.
    USB could still be done with an extension cable.

    If it is, then these Termtek devices are great rather than using a separate PC. We use a lot of them at work.
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    They are very robust, and have clients to connect to most things (VNC, Telnet, Remote Desktop etc).

    Makes for an elegant solution IMO.

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