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Re:JetKVM – Control any computer remotely by trenchpilgrim on Monday October 27, 2025 @03:58PM (#45725575)
For those prices I could buy an old PC to do out of band management and have over half the money left over. The appeal of JetKVM/NanoKVM is they're price competitive with an extra PC for a tiny fraction of the physical and power footprint.
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Re:JetKVM – Control any computer remotely by gcommer on Monday October 27, 2025 @04:35PM (#45725956)
For feature parity, the old PC will require USB OTG, HDMI input, wiring for ATX control, and a software stack.
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Re:JetKVM – Control any computer remotely by Joel_Mckay on Monday October 27, 2025 @04:42PM (#45726040)
Sipeed makes a PCIe KVM card for around $80 that drops into standard PC cases.

I'd assume it runs off the 5v standby power when the primary ATX supply is sleeping. =3

https://github.com/sipeed/NanoKVM?tab=readme-ov-file

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Re:JetKVM – Control any computer remotely by Joel_Mckay on Monday October 27, 2025 @04:36PM (#45725975)
A pi4 is $35 + parts, and can do a PXE server as well... but it is the OS/kernel upkeep that always hits proprietary devices.

Small recycled PCs can certainly work too, and reminds me of the https://guacamole.apache.org/ project. =3

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