Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

JetKVM – Control any computer remotely

jetkvm.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

201–210 of 220 posts

Re: JetKVM – Control any computer remotely

#201

Post by elheffe80 »

volkadav wrote: post #188

Trip report of size one, fwiw: I have a JetKVM device at home and it's been super handy in my small homelab (half dozen or so older dells and lenovos). I haven't experienced any problems with my device. It seems solidly built, the software works well and is receiving updates, and the price was very fair from what I recall. One feature that I thought was particularly a nice touch was that you can store OS images on it…

Check to see if they are connected via usb 2? I know in the past I have had problems with older hardware on a usb 3 port vs a usb 2 port...

Re: JetKVM – Control any computer remotely

#202

Post by Joel_Mckay »

lloeki wrote: post #186
Joel_Mckay wrote: post #93

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It does share similarity to a rebranded Sipeed NanoKVM model already sold in China. Would have to dump the flash with proper tooling, and load up a clean OS on a blank chip to even begin checking for issues. Mostly, these gadgets are purposely built like garbage for a number of reasons. If I needed a DIY KVM install for a home-theater, I'd just setup a https://pikvm.org/ install. =) https://github.com/pikvm/pikvm/

> similarity to a rebranded Sipeed NanoKVM That NanoKVM is RISC-V, the JetKVM is ARM Cortex-A7. Unlikely to be a rebrand. That said the UI looks somewhat similar so Sipeed might have aped the JetKVM software part (which is FOSS)

The NanoKVM-Pro uses a AX631 2xA53 1.5G, which can apparently also support the PiKVM software.

The JetKVM uses RockChip RV1106G3. =3

Re: JetKVM – Control any computer remotely

#203

Post by theamk »

neilv wrote: post #80

Provenance and trust are relevant for a remote KVM. But I can't find any information on their Web site about who runs the JetKVM company, not even a partial name or handle of anyone, nor even what country they are in. Which seems odd for how much this product needs to be trusted. Searching elsewhere, other than the company Web site... Crunchbase for JetKVM shows 2 people, who it says are based in Berlin, and who also…

The website mentions Kickstarter, and Kickstarter page [0] has "Founders" section. It's pretty fuzzy, but at least there are founders' names. But the country of jurisdiction is not mentioned anywhere, and it is very important for remote KVMs.

> Founder Team

> Our founders and team work remotely, scattered across the world, including Germany, China, and New Zealand. We gathered experience from the field of design to software engineering & hardware development. We are the right blend of people, sharing expertise in our team. We're server enthusiasts and thriving to create products that also, literally, work for us. Co-Founders of JetKVM - Adam Shiervani(left), Lian Duan(right)

> Lastly, we are not the only ones, who are dedicated and working full-time on this project. A number of contractors, specializing in various fields are helping us every day, to move forward and unfold the potential of our ideas.

[0] https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jetkvm/jetkvm/descripti...

Re: JetKVM – Control any computer remotely

#204

Post by pa7ch »

fshafique wrote: post #167
rtkwe wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The virtualization KVM is the new kid to the block. Back in the day the best way to get multiple machines controlled was to just have multiple machines sharing the same monitor, keyboard and mouse.

100% agree! And I'm pretty sure the Linux community had many more (hardware) KVM users than the general population. Kernel-based virtualization should've been abbreviated KbVM.

How about KiVM. Like MB -> MiB. KibiVM! Why Kibi? Idk but its fun.

Re: JetKVM – Control any computer remotely

#205

Post by mfrye0 »

jychang wrote: post #179
mfrye0 wrote: post #146

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Good idea! I picked a random California Ikea entity (IKEA US RETAIL LLC) and ran it through the system. Here's the output - current goal is to get to ultimate parent. ## Summary IKEA US RETAIL LLC is a limited liability company. It is wholly owned by IKEA Holding U.S., Inc., and ultimately controlled by Stichting INGKA Foundation, a Dutch foundation that owns Ingka Group. ## Graph graph TD e2[IKEA Property, Inc.]-->e…

Login gated

Sorry, habit. I've been debating on exposing these publicly, but they're expensive to create. We have a public interactive demo here for now: https://savvyiq.ai/products/entity-hierarchy

Here's the live mermaid editor version for the Ikea example: https://mermaid.live/edit#pako:eNqNkV9PwjAUxb9KcxPfRrO17E_3Y...

Re: JetKVM – Control any computer remotely

#206

Post by travem »

neilv wrote: post #141
mfrye0 wrote: post #130

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you do this sort of thing often, I'd love to chat further. I'm basically trying to automate this sort of manual research around companies with a library of deep research APIs. Had a show HN last week that seemed to go under the radar: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45671087 We launched corporate hierarchy research and working on UBO now. From the corporate hierarchy standpoint, it looks like the Delaware ent…

Looks like you have a potentially great business for corporate compliance, if you can answer with plausibly high confidence (or indemnify?). I only occasionally research companies, and it's from an engineering&product perspective, aside from corporate ownership compliance. (For example, I was asked to vet a little-known company as a prospective partner, for building our cloud infrastructure atop theirs. One of the fi…

When I used to work in credit control and accounts receivable, the use of D-U-N-S numbers was how we tied a lot of this information together. It is similar to how SSN are used by credit rating agencies but for businesses and global (unlike the EIN).

Re: JetKVM – Control any computer remotely

#207

Post by vinnymac »

awill wrote: post #7

From the specs it's very annoying this uses a mini-HDMI. There's room for a full HDMI port, and it's such a waste. We all have dozens of HDMI cables at home, but zero mini-HDMI.

The JetKVMs I have all came with a mini HDMI to HDMI cable, so this hasn’t been an issue for me.

Re: JetKVM – Control any computer remotely

#208

Post by vinnymac »

gommm wrote: post #20

I've been using it since I got it. It's been working great with one small issue that I haven't been able to solve. For some reason when I use plasma on Arch linux (but not ubuntu), the display outputs garbage. I'm guessing it's not detecting the EDID correctly and setting a weird resolution or refresh rate. It's not a major issue since other desktop work well so I haven't spent much time looking into it.

Ever since I started using Wayland I’ve had this problem, even when I’m not using KVMs. I have to do a power reset of my monitor to get it to negotiate the correct resolution and refresh rate. Meanwhile Windows and macOS use the monitor without issue. I suspect the issue isn’t solely with the KVM.

Re: JetKVM – Control any computer remotely

#209

Post by vinnymac »

BobbyTables2 wrote: post #144

The cynic in me wonders how remote access software companies are NOT in bed with governments and organized crime. Wouldn’t it just be too lucrative? Sure, these entities may not care about YOU. But YOU provide a means of free computing power, internet connection — the means for proxying cyber attacks.

The difference is that the masses don’t buy these devices, only us nerds do. We are much more likely to disconnect a device as soon as they’re found being malicious. While the masses won’t even react after being told the well is poisoned. Large slow targets are more lucrative and long lasting.
Post reply on HN