>> On 9/5/06, Mike Miller <mbmiller at taxa.epi.umn.edu> wrote: >>> Thanks. I understand. It is usually a bad idea to disconnect mouse or >>> keyboard from a running computer, so I haven't done it with my KVM and I >>> don't know how it would cope with that. It would probably fail. have the trendnet TK-205i here, it only does 2 computers but i use it amongst 6 satisfactorily. the windows mouse generally won't work at first when you plug in a plain mouse on a live system, but when i plugin the trendnet and operate the KVM switch the windows mouse then works. linux can recover mouse function after live plugin by merely switching virtual terminals even without a KVM. or if you have a usb mouse live plugin just works. greg wm IT Coordinator NonviolentPeaceforce.org