Remote KVM for home server?

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8bit

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162 months

Tuesday 6th August
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I have a little home-built server I keep for stuff like Plex Media and shared storage for our various computers etc. in the home. It doesn't have any sort of remote console like something like a HP would have via iLO. I don't really need all the features of that and for the most part I can just ssh to it, but it would be handy to be able to have remote console/keyboard/mouse sometimes, rather than having to pull the thing out and set it up on my desk.

I may just be Googling for the wrong thing but surely there's a device I can buy which attaches to the USB and video output on the server then connect to my network and use to remotely control the machine?

Monsterlime

1,270 posts

173 months

Tuesday 6th August
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This - https://pikvm.org/ or this - https://www.blicube.com/blikvm-products/ . I have the PCI-E version of the bliKVM, so it goes inside the case and uses a PCI-E slot, and it works well - it can power on/off the computer with the extra cabling into the motherboard and has a small LCD screen you can mount outside the case for info (such as IP etc).