![]() ![]() For a very long time, I had my own DIY NAS, primary workstation, and work laptop all plugged into a KVM switch. As a bonus, I’d get to play with his Christmas present a bit before deciding if I wanted to build one of my own!Ī KVM (or KVM switch) is basically a device that allows you to share a keyboard, video, and mouse between two computers. Part Two: Pi-KVM: Controlling a 4-port KVM and setting up TailscaleĪ few days later, I recalled this conversation later when wracking my brain for a Christmas gift idea for Pat and immediately decided then that I’d build a Pi-KVM for Pat.Part One: Pi-KVM: an inexpensive KVM over IP.Pat nodded in agreement and remarked, “There’s this neat project, Pi-KVM, that lets you build a cheap IP-KVM out of a Raspberry Pi! You should check it out.” We talked about different possible uses for it and then got busy repairing a quadcopter or playing some video games. When the DIY NAS: 2020 Edition was burning in, I had to get up and go into the other room to see what it was up to, but I didn’t think it was worth the price premium to move up to a motherboard which included IPMI among its features. ![]() ![]() Only two of the computers at my house have an IPMI interface, all the rest did not. I recall griping at Pat one day he was over for dinner that I wished everything had an IPMI interface or that nothing did. ![]()
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