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Review on Selector Switcher One Button Swapping Keyboard External Components by Duane Mann

Revainrating 4 out of 5

It only works with computer components

I used this article to control three laptops running different Linux versions with a Logitech marble mouse and a backlit Visio keyboard. How does it work, your output device, e.g. e.g. mouse and/or keyboard? maybe a flash drive or camera. It uses a standard USB cable and connector. As expected, they connect to the "out" side of the switch using the standard USB cables that come with the box. Computers are connected using the cables that come with the switch and look like standard USB printer cables. Use the end of the printer port cable on the switch and connect the other end of the cable(s) to the computer(s) you want to control. A push button switch on the unit intuitively toggles between each control port. The fourth port is not currently used, but I see no reason why it couldn't be used in conjunction with the appropriate USB devices to control all three computers simultaneously, for example to log in at the same time when all computers have the same username and Password. , or maybe by issuing the same command to use DNF to update all machines at once. or I think I could hook up another computer and expand my semi-circle to four. Switching between computers is effortless, although there may be a slight lag depending on the processing speed of the individual machine being accessed. All in all, I don't see any room for improvement. Well done gentlemen!

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