HOw to criss-cross two keyboards with 2 PCs.
micky <[email protected]> Fri, 31 Oct 2025 18:11:48 -0400
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I asked about this a year or two ago. Now I think I've simplified my needs, and if there's an answer, it should be simpler. I have two computers, a desktop and a laptop with external keyboard (and mouse). The two keyboards sit one above/behind the other and the rear one is hard to reach and type on. (I've tried voice-to-text and it's good when it's good but has frequent problems.) I'd prefer a hardware solution, I think, but software is good too, so that I can switch KB-A to work with PC-B and at the same time switch KB-B to work with PC-A. (Normally KB-A will be with PC-A and KB-B will be with PC-B. I just want to criss-cross them sometimes. ) My impression is that KVM switches make the keyboard, for example, work with the PC you choose, but don't do anything to make the PC you'v demoted work with the keyboard you don't like. And that I'd need some complicated arrangement of two KVM swithces to do what I want, unless someone has already done it.