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May 12th, 2002, 10:37 PM
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Bought a longer set of cables today so I can get the switch in a more convenient location. Problem is that both ends of the new monitor cable are male. The Linksys switch itself is male.
From the Linksys description:'Special 4' Cables are Included'
Did they pull some proprietary crap on me?
Is there an adaptor to make the male cable into female? | 
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May 12th, 2002, 10:40 PM
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Sounds like you got a monitor cable (male --> male) when you need a monitor extension cable (male --> female)
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May 12th, 2002, 10:49 PM
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I don't think so. Keyboard, Video and Mouse are all molded into one cable.
But you may be right...dunno.
How could it be an extension when monitor cables are male?
Last edited by neodave : May 12th, 2002 at 10:52 PM.
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May 12th, 2002, 10:56 PM
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Well I see alot of them that are male and female.
Not sure what the one I got is for. | |
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May 12th, 2002, 10:58 PM
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What model KVM do you have? | |
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May 12th, 2002, 11:09 PM
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I believe the digital KVM's take a different cable than the KVM's with the manual rotory switch. Manual KVM's use cables that are male/male while electronic KVM's switches need male/female cables | |
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May 12th, 2002, 11:13 PM
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May 12th, 2002, 11:15 PM
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That must be my problem Fingers.
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May 12th, 2002, 11:30 PM
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You can buy "gender changers" from many places for the cables.
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May 12th, 2002, 11:36 PM
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Dave, I have one KVM that uses the males on the box, another that uses the females. All you need is a gender-bender (double female or double male, just depending) to fix it. It's usually a dirt cheap part and if you snug it up well when you attach the cable it'll be no fuss. Drives me nuts figuring out what I need, too, so I got in the habit of having one or two of each gender bender type around.
If you can't find it locally (shipping on little sutff like that can make these things more than they're worth sometimes). Try these Mendelsons Harbortown Sales
The first is local to me, the second I got a KVM switch from before and he had buckets of the gender-benders around pretty cheap.
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