Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on June 16, 2006 05:41 AM
A Synergy "server" runs on one PC, a Synergy "client" runs on the other PC, and they communicate via TCP/IP.
Each PC uses its own attached monitor, and the Synergy server shares its keyboard and mouse with the client. When you run your mouse off the edge of the server's screen, the mouse appears on the client's screen and both mouse and keyboard become associated with the client.
Its pretty darn slick.
And you can leave the client PC's keyboard+mouse attached if you want - just put them out of the way.
Tinfoil hat types will install a secondary NIC in each PC for Synergy purposes, so that keystrokes aren't traversing the normal LAN wire.
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Re:Sharing the mouse/keyboard
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on June 16, 2006 05:41 AMEach PC uses its own attached monitor, and the Synergy server shares its keyboard and mouse with the client. When you run your mouse off the edge of the server's screen, the mouse appears on the client's screen and both mouse and keyboard become associated with the client.
Its pretty darn slick.
And you can leave the client PC's keyboard+mouse attached if you want - just put them out of the way.
Tinfoil hat types will install a secondary NIC in each PC for Synergy purposes, so that keystrokes aren't traversing the normal LAN wire.
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