Rack-mountable KVM Switch

Any suggestions on which model. My current setup is like this:

Patch Panel (24 port) for home network- 192.168.1.x
Netgear 24 port switch 10/100
Patch Panel (12 port) for lab network- 172.16.0.x
Netgear 8 port switch
3 Dell 2550 servers
1 dedicated Ghost server
1 old Viewsonic LCD (currently wall mounted)

Be nice if I had a KVM. Prefer rack-mountable for 4 PC's will work. Any suggestions? USB is optional as I have a wireless keyboard that was used for my home media server (next to my TV).

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whistler

If you don't mind eBay do a search on Dell 71PXP. Not a bad price for a 8 port switch w/out cables.

Darthn3ss

whistler wrote:

If you don't mind eBay do a search on Dell 71PXP. Not a bad price for a 8 port switch w/out cables.

that is a nice price, i may have to pick one up. how exactly do you switch between the 8 ports?

tallicaman99

Belkin makes a bunch. We have a 16 port one. You switch between servers by using the "up arrow up arrow, scroll lock" key combination, or by pressing the switch on the front of the panel.
http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatSectionView.process?Section_Id=206981

whistler

Darthn3ss wrote:

whistler wrote:

If you don't mind eBay do a search on Dell 71PXP. Not a bad price for a 8 port switch w/out cables.

that is a nice price, i may have to pick one up. how exactly do you switch between the 8 ports?

If they are like the one we have at work, don't know the number of the Dell KVM we have at work. There is a hot key, scroll lock(don't remember off hand but my finger does), on the keyboard that brings up the main menu and then you can do what needs doing from there.