Using 1 keyboard/mouse for 2 PC's?

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tgabe213

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I've got a Laptop and my desktop, with my nice 22" monitor. My desk is a bit small, so it is kind of difficult to use the mouse and keyboard on my laptop when I ened to use it.

What can I use to solve this? KVM? Wouldn't I have to use my PC monitor for that then?
 
Guys... seriously, try Synergy, it's free and it absolutely sick once it's set up...

On my desk I have, from left to right, a 19" running Ubuntu, two 19" wide on Vista and another 19" running Fedora 7.... All with one keyboard and one mouse....

Try it... if you need any help setting it up, let me know and I'll be glad to help....
 
I agree synergy is amazing. I use it across 3 systems. Works like a charm and free to boot.
 
I haven't tried DL'ing it yet, but I'm curious of how it works if it is an app? I don't get it.

Here we go.
 
So it goes over my home network then?

Do I install the app on the laptop that I'm not using the mouse/keyboard of?
 
Yeah.. it's a server/client setup.. probably easiest to use your desktop as the server, have it start as a service and run the client on your laptop... that way when your laptop is connected to the network, your desktop will listen for it and as soon as Synergy starts on your laptop, it will be detected and you should be good to go...
 
Yeah, I really have no idea what I'm doing with this. I have it installed on both computers. On the laptop, I selected "Use another computers...." and typed in the name of my pc in the area for the name. It is having issues connecting to the server (PC) from the laptop. What needs to be configured?
 
digital_exhaust said:
Yeah.. it's a server/client setup.. probably easiest to use your desktop as the server, have it start as a service and run the client on your laptop... that way when your laptop is connected to the network, your desktop will listen for it and as soon as Synergy starts on your laptop, it will be detected and you should be good to go...
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Everytime I tried to start the service on my PC (other than opening the software), it gave me an error looking for the name of my PC, or that it didn't exist, etc.
 
Is there any sort of network perfomance loss with this info transmitting over my network? Would it be more efficient to connect my laptop and desktop together with a crossover cable to do this since they are both wireless?
 
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