How to control two computers with one mouse

Two computers use one set of keyboard and mouse. Using software, you can use one set of mouse and keyboard to control two or more computers. (The premise is that the two computers are in the same LAN).

The specific method is as follows:

1. First, you need to know the IP addresses of the two computers. The IP address can be obtained through the run box in the computer start menu, enter cmd and enter

ipconfig in the pop-up dialog box. Write down the IP addresses of the two computers respectively. For example, the IP addresses of my computer A and computer B are 192.168.1.50 and 192.168.1.62 respectively.

2. Both computers must download and install the Synergy software.

3. First run the Synergy software on computer A, select Share this computer's keyboard and mourse

to set computer A as the host, and then click Advance to configure.

4. In advance, fill in the computer IP address as the screen name. Fill in the Screen name with the IP address of computer A obtained previously. There is no need to change the last two items, click OK.

5. In the main interface, click configure to configure. In the Screen name item, click the key to fill in the IP addresses of the two computers A and B, and fill in the link rules in links. The rules are A is

left of B and B is right of A. Click OK

6, click hot

keys to set the shortcut keys, click the key to add the shortcut key (press and hold the keyboard shortcut key combination), correspondingly, in the dialog box on the right Add the action corresponding to the shortcut key, whether to switch to computer A or to computer B. At this point, computer A has been set up. Click start

7. Run Synergy software on computer B, select use another computer's shared keyboard and

mourse, and fill in the IP address of computer A. Note here that it is the IP address of computer A. Then click start.

8. Like this. This enables one set of mouse and keyboard to control two computers. The mouse and keyboard can be plugged back into computer A, because computer A has been set as the host computer before. Press and hold the shortcut key combination to switch. Here, if I press ctrl alt shift w, I will switch to the A host, and if I press ctrl alt shift x, I will switch to the B computer.

Note: You can also use a device KVM (keybod/VGA/Mouse) switch.

Go to Taobao and search for "keyboard and mouse" or "standard switcher keyboard and mouse sharer" and you can find many; such products generally not only include keyboard and mouse, but also monitors can be shared. Find one that suits you! If the switching method is keyboard hotkey switching, the switching operation can be achieved by directly operating the keyboard; for example, press the Ctrl ScrollLock key twice. The price can be solved for only 20 to 30 yuan. The approximate appearance is as shown below. If there are two monitors, then the monitors are not plugged into the switch, but directly into the computer; you can also just use the keyboard and mouse switching function of the KVM switch.

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