Sharing mouse and keyboard through software.

[epikgamerwmp]

What is the best was you share a single mouse and keyboard between computers with software.

 

I know someone who needs to share a single mouse and keyboard between two machines because of space issues. They currently have a KVM switch to handle it, but have issues with remembering that then need to press the button to switch machines. (also, the switch may have broken, they say it only works on one machine)

 

For their use case, a software solution that they don't have to touch would be best.

[WereCatf]

9 minutes ago, epikgamerwmp said:

What is the best was you share a single mouse and keyboard between computers with software.

No idea about the best, but LTT-videos often have an ad for Synergy: https://symless.com/synergy

[VicBar]

10 minutes ago, WereCatf said:

No idea about the best, but LTT-videos often have an ad for Synergy: https://symless.com/synergy

I love this software, I use it everyday and it's awesome to use between even different OSs.

 

That being said.................. The company has done a very poor job with the Synergy2 development. In general it's kind of difficult to set up sometimes with the correct version and make sure everything is working properly... also sometimes you might need to restart the service to get it to react...

 

But generally speaking when it's all set up and working, it works like a charm, just like having a third or fourth monitor connected... It's seemless. I love it and recommend it.

Be aware of the caveats I've mentioned tho.