Huasion VGA KVM Switch 8 Port in 2 Out Switcher 8x2 Supports Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Audio USB 2.0 Devices Sharing 8 Computers with Remote Control

++ It comes with a full set of cables, which is great. It also has conventional video + USB connections (as opposed to some others that have a proprietary USB-over-VGA cable which are difficult to find, and expensive). All in all a great package of hardware for the price.+ The IR remote control works well, and it's useful to have an extension IR reciever if the KVM is out of direct IR range.- The lights on the front are recessed and are only visible from straight on which makes a quick visible check of selected host difficult.--- However, I was noticing frequent, apparently random, device disconnects and reconnects across all host computers, which meant that the mouse would freeze momentarily - a serious hassle when trying to do something significant like scripting or programming.--- Turns out that if ANY of the hosts turns the screen off or goes into standby, this will cause a disconnect/reconnect of the USB connection to ALL of the other hosts. I had not realised this because the first thing I did was to turn off the selection beep. If you have the beep on, this process becomes very irritatingly obvious!-- The only way I have found to stop this happening is to set ALL host devices to never go into sleep/standby or turn the screen off. This means that all of the hosts have to be running all of the time. Fine for servers that need to be running 24/7, but not so great for situations where hosts do not need to be on full power all of the time.For me, this is not acceptable, and I am looking for an alternative device that does not do this.

You get a lot for your money here. Equivelent units from others are twice the price. Poor USB support. Seems to be troublesome. You need to reboot the KVM or the connected PC to get it to work again. I have resulte din using a wireless keyboard and mouse that I hot swap betwen each computer now. Excellent quality kit however. Remote control is a noce touch.