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Before you get your hopes up, this is a kickstarter with a desired launch price of ~$70. If it can deliver it would be awesome. I use a PiKVM for some homelab stuff but they are pricy to have several, this would make it more affordable for me to have one per system in the home-lab.

This article is testing out a demo/prototype unit. So, they do at least have a POC/Demo unit that works already so keep that in mind.

Archive: https://archive.today/TA4sG

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>Despite what it looks like, this isn't a hot-rod Apple Watch. This is an IP KVM. What does that mean? It's basically a remote control rocket pack for any computer, from a giant tower PC, to a little mini PC you might run in your homelab. It's called JetKVM, and the team behind it sent me two to test out.

Before you get your hopes up, this is a kickstarter with a desired launch price of ~$70. If it can deliver it would be awesome. I use a PiKVM for some homelab stuff but they are pricy to have several, this would make it more affordable for me to have one per system in the home-lab. This article is testing out a demo/prototype unit. So, they do at least have a POC/Demo unit that works already so keep that in mind. Archive: https://archive.today/TA4sG From the post: >>Despite what it looks like, this isn't a hot-rod Apple Watch. This is an IP KVM. What does that mean? It's basically a remote control rocket pack for any computer, from a giant tower PC, to a little mini PC you might run in your homelab. It's called JetKVM, and the team behind it sent me two to test out.
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It's basically a remote control rocket pack for any computer,

WTF is that supposed to mean?

So it's remote desktop access appliance for one computer, and you need HDMI. That's great, all of the big gun servers under my control have displayport, and the rest I talk to via SSH because they don't have a desktop.

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Yeah, poorly worded. Its a ip-kvm. Its for the use-cases where you don't have out of band management built in. Ex. in a homelab with basic consumer hardware.

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Yeah, I kind of figured that out after reading the story a few times, but seeing as how this is only good for something that's a desktop computer with a window manager and HDMI output, their target audience is limited.

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Yeah, though it would work well for remote support for SOHO too if you are a MSP. Most of the hardware that is used as a "server" in a small office won't come with OOB management either and they are not big enough to use cloud. Sure beats having to go to a client office to run updates after hours if you can just remote in. It can be wired up to toggle the power switch so if you have to force restart it you can remotely power it on too. It is a niche but still one that I have had to deal with far more than I would have liked to in the past.

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why they'd need one, instead of just using Remote Desktop Connection or VNC. Raspberry Pi even launched Pi Connect this year!

Well, this goes a level deeper. Instead of requiring software running on your computer, it's completely independent. That means it can work even when your computer's shut down or locked up. It can also send out magic 'Wake on LAN' packets to wake up other computers, even if your main computer's off.

That's useful. But does this really not exist yet? I'm sure I've seen these on Amazon.

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It does but the price point is far higher than this for something like this on average.