feawt(video): PiKVM Switch: The Best KVM Solution Yet?

Author: timothystewart6

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+title: "PiKVM Switch: The Best KVM Solution Yet?"
+date: 2025-01-18 08:00:00 -0500
+categories: homelab
+tags: homelab hardware pikvm
+image:
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+---
+
+I tested the PiKVM Switch Multiport Extender with every device I had.  Here's how it went.
+
+{% include embed/youtube.html id='NKSIpHNQCUA' %}
+📺 [Watch Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKSIpHNQCUA)
+
+## Info
+
+Thanks to PiKVM for sending over the switches to test with all of my many random and stubborn devices.  They did not pay me to make this video nor do they have any input into the contents of this video.
+
+<https://docs.pikvm.org/switch/>
+
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+## Join the conversation
+
+<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" data-theme="dark"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I tested the new PiKVM Switch Multiport Extender with every device I had. Here&#39;s how it went.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/homelab?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#homelab</a> <a href="https://t.co/b8TlYGRytI">https://t.co/b8TlYGRytI</a> <a href="https://t.co/Q1hgl2gFkD">pic.twitter.com/Q1hgl2gFkD</a></p>&mdash; Techno Tim (@TechnoTimLive) <a href="https://twitter.com/TechnoTimLive/status/1880656379998036128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 18, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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