On Mon, 3 May 2004 23:44:19 +1200 "Roland Venter" <lists@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > One word, stay away from Belkin! > > Installed a brand-new 8port Omniview, mix of NT, 2K and Linux. I had > endless problems with the mouse going crazy, had to do a hard reset or > reboot the servers one by one to resolve, support from Belken suppliers in > NZ sucks, took 3 months to convince them to replace the unit, the new > replacement unit used combo cables so I had to buy another 8x cables, they > only had 3x cables in stock took another month to get the remainder, on > installation the power connection was flaky, wiggle it and the unit did a > reset. > > Out of pure frustration bought an HP unit and it worked right away, what a > waste of time. > > Roland > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Karl Hakmiller" <karlh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2004 3:58 PM > Subject: FC1 and Belkin OmniView 4-port switch > > > > All, > > > > I came across a Belkin switch (OmniView) at CompUSA that permits running > up to four computers using a single monitor, keyboard, mouse and > speaker-set. It sounds like a great space saver - I have an XP Home and an > FC1 machine taking up most of the table space in my study - and it would be > great to get rid of one of the monitors and such. > > > > But, I'm wondering if any listers have used this switch with a linux > machine before I buy it. I don't mind set-up problems if they can be > overcome with a little patience and work but I've been burned a couple of > times lately with hardware having installation software which is only > written for Windows machines. > > > > Any comments would be welcome. > > > > > Thanks for your comment. I've been persuaded by reports of bad experiences such as yours to forget Belkin. Could you supply more details on this "HP unit" (model and such), please. -- Karl L Email: karlh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Homepage: http://hakmiller.rootsweb.com ============= Linux Lives! ============
