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2.4.
Connect Your PCs and Peripherals to
Multiple Daisy-chained KVM Switches
If you use only a single KVM Switch and hence have no need for cascaded application of
multiple KVM Switch units, just skip this section.
To add port capacity, multiple
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KVM Switches can be
cascaded in a daisy-chain configuration to maximize the number of connected
computers up to a total of 256 computers (with 16 units of 098-82160 KVM
Switches). This cascaded application is obviously advantageous when groups of
computers are dispersed and with some considerable distance from each other.
Each cascaded KVM can be away from the next KVM Switch up to 30 meters
(dependent on your cable type)
,
thus expanding the applicable distance of only one
single KVM switch yet with the convenience of centralized control by one master
KVM unit. Control commands can then be extended to groups of computers on the
master KVM Switch on remote end through this daisy-chain connection.
The KVM Switch units that are to be daisy-chained do not have to be of the same port
capacity. In fact, you can daisy-chain different units with different port capacity as to scale the
total port capacity more flexibly.
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Figure 2-2 Daisy-chaining multiple KVM switches in a cascaded application
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