fiddyschmitt

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by fiddyschmitt 4mo ago
:) yes. For Windows, that's exactly what SimpleKVM does https://github.com/fiddyschmitt/SimpleKVM
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by fiddyschmitt 4mo ago
You could use SimpleKVM to detect the USB change, and trigger the monitor input change. https://github.com/fiddyschmitt/SimpleKVM
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by fiddyschmitt 4mo ago
For Windows, I wrote SimpleKVM. I'm proud of the little monitor diagram it shows. Keen to hear your thoughts if you get to try it. https://github.com/fiddyschmitt/SimpleKVM
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by fiddyschmitt 4mo ago
For Windows: https://github.com/fiddyschmitt/SimpleKVM If you only have two computers, you just need one instance of SimpleKVM to switch between the computers.
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by fiddyschmitt 4mo ago
Nice write-up! I wrote https://github.com/fiddyschmitt/SimpleKVM which makes the process easy on Windows. As others have mentioned, you can use a cheap USB switch if you don't have an in-built KVM. DDC/CI is
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Show HN: Tunneling Through S3 Buckets(github.com)
2 points by fiddyschmitt 10mo ago|0 comments
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by fiddyschmitt 2y ago
Haha!
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by fiddyschmitt 2y ago
That's awesome!
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by fiddyschmitt 2y ago
Cool. I think rdp2tcp uses virtual channels for tunneling: https://rdp2tcp.sourceforge.net/
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by fiddyschmitt 2y ago
Woah!
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by fiddyschmitt 2y ago
Yes exactly. One file in each direction made arbitration easier. In the future I will implement a single file to handle both directions.
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by fiddyschmitt 2y ago
Hi Andrew, there's just one writer (which can tunnel multiple TCP connections). Arbitration was indeed one of the trickiest bits. Originally I pre-reallocated the full file size (10 MB). Then used an integer at the beginning of the fil
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by fiddyschmitt 2y ago
Hi Bawolff! Yes that's a great combo. I guess File Tunnel provides a couple of things that makes the tunnel maintenance a bit easier. 1. It gracefully supports each side of the tunnel turning on and off. 2. It accepts any number of cli
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by fiddyschmitt 2y ago
Thanks J :) Absolutely! I did try various flags to optimise performance. For CreateFile (which in .NET is wrapped by the FileStream class) I tried FILE_WRITE_THROUGH (which is FileOptions.WriteThrough in .NET), and found it impacted perform
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by fiddyschmitt 2y ago
Nice! It's so good when you can cobble together various tools to achieve something like that.
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Show HN: Bypassing firewalls using a file tunnel(github.com)
3 points by fiddyschmitt 2y ago|1 comments
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Show HN: Tunnelling TCP through a file(github.com)
180 points by fiddyschmitt 2y ago|37 comments
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by fiddyschmitt 3y ago
Thanks! Even just one instance running on Windows can be used for a Windows+Linux setup
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by fiddyschmitt 3y ago
Correct
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by fiddyschmitt 3y ago
Nice!!
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by fiddyschmitt 3y ago
Yes I know exactly what you mean - I've experienced the same. I haven't tried a mechanical one before. I'll have to try it out
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by fiddyschmitt 3y ago
Yep HDMI works well. It also works on DisplayPort, DisplayPort Mini, VGA and DVI.
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by fiddyschmitt 3y ago
For sure :)
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by fiddyschmitt 3y ago
Yes Barrier is very nice. I would use it except for the fact that my work laptop is VPN'd and therefore on a different network to my home LAN.
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by fiddyschmitt 3y ago
I think it should. When you do the setup it asks you to unplug and replug the device, and choose it out of the list. So it should trigger the change.
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by fiddyschmitt 3y ago
Nice one!
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by fiddyschmitt 3y ago
If you only have two PCs, you only need to run the program on one of them. When it detects a USB device being plugged in, it changes the monitor input to this computer. When a USB device is removed, it changes the monitor input to the other
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by fiddyschmitt 3y ago
Display Data Channel... it's the signal that your video card uses to communicate with yours monitors to do things like adjust brightness. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Display_Data_Channel
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by fiddyschmitt 3y ago
Love it. Unfortunately I can't install it on my work computer due to policy & VPN. The benefit of SimpleKVM is that I just have to run it on my home PC, and I can switch between work and home.
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by fiddyschmitt 3y ago
oooh, not sure. I suspect Thunderbolt has very specific requirements, and switches would be consequently expensive.

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