Connecting your kvm extender, Preparing your site, Instruction manual – StarTech.com USB VGA KVM Console Extender over CAT5 UTP User Manual
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Connecting Your KVM Extender
Preparing Your Site
Before you can install the the product, you need to prepare your site.
Determine where the
1.
host
computer will be located and set up the
computer.
Determine where the console devices (mouse, keyboard, monitor) will
2.
be located and place them appropriately.
a) If you are using surface cabling, ensure you have enough
3.
Category 5 unshielded twisted pair (UTP) network cabling to
connect
the
Host
Unit to the Remote Unit’s location, and that each
end is terminated with a RJ-45 connector.
OR
3. b) If you are using premises cabling, ensure that the Category 5
unshielded twisted pair (UTP) network cabling between the
Host
Unit and the Remote Unit has been properly terminated in a wall
outlet in each location and there is a patch cable long enough to
connect the Remote Unit and the
Host
Unit to their respective
outlets.