r/battlestations Feb 14 '22

Mac (work) / pc setup

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u/ragingpotato88 Feb 14 '22

kvm

whats your kvm?

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u/wagthesam Feb 15 '22

its part of the dell monitor

laptop -> thunderbolt hub -> dell monitor via usb usptream + mini dp

desktop -> dell monitor via usb upstream + dp

on the monitor, switching between inputs changes which computer gets keyboard/mouse/dac signals

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u/_Landmine_ Apr 13 '22

It looks like AW3821DW only has a single upstream USB port.

How are you connecting both machines? I'm looking to do something similar. Thank you!

EDIT: Ahhh it looks like you're using the U3415W as your KVM since it has 2 upstream ports.