I want a bluetooth mouse and keyboard that...

[Tilted]

will work with multiple computers.

At my main desk I have two computers feeding three monitors, and I have a mouse and keyboard for each computer. I don't like the clutter of having multiple mice and keyboards, and often enough I start typing on the wrong keyboard or moving the wrong mouse. The monitors are okay because they are on the back edge of the desk near the wall (it's one of those desks that's wide but not deep. And the computers are placed mostly out of sight, not on top of the desk anyway.

Anyway, is anyone aware of keyboard / mouse combos that work with two computers at the same time? I suppose they'd come with two bluetooth USB adaptors. And maybe they'd have small switches on the side that could be used to easily toggle between the computers.

 

[Ken King]

Would this - http://www.keyboard-and-mouse-sharing.com/ - suit your needs?

 

[Chris0nllyn]

If you want to go the hardware route, a KVM switch would work.

http://www.amazon.com/Plugable-Shar...983771_1_9?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1458046368&sr=1-9

Or you can go the software route and get Synergy.

http://synergy-project.org/

 

[Tilted]

Would this - http://www.keyboard-and-mouse-sharing.com/ - suit your needs?

I'll check that out, thanks.

I was thinking of a situation where there was a bluetooth connection between the mouse and keyboard and each computer, not one where a common WiFi network is being used. But the latter might work.

Because of where I positioned my router and the limited wiring I put in place when I built the house, one of my computers uses an ethernet connection and the other uses Wifi. But that shouldn't matter beyond the one occasionally dropping the Wifi connection.

 

[Miker/t]

I don't know how well it works, but Microsoft has Mouse without Borders -

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35460

 

[Tilted]

If you want to go the hardware route, a KVM switch would work.

http://www.amazon.com/Plugable-Shar...983771_1_9?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1458046368&sr=1-9

Or you can go the software route and get Synergy.

http://synergy-project.org/

I wouldn't want the first option. To me it's adding more clutter to the set-up, and then I'd have to have that switch somewhere easy to access and having to switch it would in itself be an annoyance.

I'll look into the second option, at a glance it looks similar to what Ken King posted.

Thanks.

 

[Tilted]

I don't know how well it works, but Microsoft has Mouse without Borders -

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35460

One of my computers is a Mac. It doesn't look like that would work with it.

Thanks.

 

[PrchJrkr]

I wouldn't want the first option. To me it's adding more clutter to the set-up, and then I'd have to have that switch somewhere easy to access and having to switch it would in itself be an annoyance.

I'll look into the second option, at a glance it looks similar to what Ken King posted.

Thanks.

IRC, the KVMs I've used had hotkeys to switch from one computer to another. This was back in the days of mini-din connections. Surely technology for wireless has evolved to accept multiple computer configurations.

 

[glhs837]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004N7146U/ref=mw_dp_mpd?l=Product Details&pd=1

Or try that.

http://lifehacker.com/logitech-easy-switch-keyboard-pairs-with-multiple-bluet-511070555

Or this?