Hawking CS168 KVM 8-Port Rack Mount Switch

by Hawking Technology

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 17 x 5 x 5 inches ; 4.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00007FS7F
• Item model number: CS168
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 9, 2002

Product Description

Hawking CS168 8-port Rack Mount KVM Switch - Monitor/keyboard/mouse switch - 8 ports - rack-mountable

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not recommend this product, March 18, 2005

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S. Yue "Phenix" (Hayward, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hawking CS168 KVM 8-Port Rack Mount Switch (Personal Computers)

I bought this product from Amazon almost one month ago for our remote office in North Carolina - it didn't work well there. Then I asked our remote office to have shipped it to our headquarter office in California. I tested it today in our main office. Among 8 servers (2 Win NT 4.0 and 6 Win 2K Servers), it only works with 2 Win 2K servers, but not with other 4 win 2k and 2 Win NT servers. I spent 1.5 hours to try different cables, keyboards, mise and monitors. But it simply doesn't work!!! I felt very frustrated!

If possible, I will definitely return this product to Amazon next week. I don't recommend this product.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good value, reliable operation, January 6, 2004

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Ben Dugdale - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hawking CS168 KVM 8-Port Rack Mount Switch (Personal Computers)

I'm quite happy with this KVM. It switches reliably using the front panel buttons or hot keys scrlk + scrlk + (desired port #1-8)

The only hotkey annoyance is that it won't take the port number assignment from the number pad (reliably on my wireless natural keyboard). I have to use the top row numbers. This makes hot-key switching a two-handed operation, but it's quite fast and reliable.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Image quality and functionality, April 13, 2006

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myootnt - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hawking CS168 KVM 8-Port Rack Mount Switch (Personal Computers)

I recently purchased one of these units to replace my 4 port KVM.
I get serious shadowing on resolutions ranging from 1280x1024 to 1600x1200, regardless of refresh rate and type of monitor. With external power connected, it will cease to switch if a random system on it is turned off until that system is powered up.
Aside from functionality, the beep on switch which cannot be disabled is annoying. I regret waiting until I had found and purchased higher quality cables to make sure they weren't the problem with the display as I was unable to return it.