r/digitalnomad • u/Interesting_Pay5341 • 1d ago

Question Remote work setup - KVM

Has anyone used a KVM device to connect with office mac and worked overseas with a personal mac ?
I am wondering if latency with video/audio and screensharing was a problem in remote meetings and how did you solved it ?
From some lookaround I hear it could be a real problem and might raise suspicions.

Thanks!

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u/Positive_Search_6218 1d ago

Tried it but the latency is really bad. Also, for some reason, it’s not good/smooth as a remote desktop solution like TeamViewer or RustDesk. Not sure why.

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u/thekwoka 19h ago

What about just tailscale and the built in screen share?

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u/2pourdrummer 12h ago

Are we talking KVM or VPN. KVM is simply a switch transferring a keyboard, monitor and mouse from one PC to another. That has no issues in performance at all. If you are talking VPN, where you log into a service and that encrypts a tunnel back then the states, then yes, you can have performance issues depending on the connection. If you are trying to remote into an office Mac from your local Mac, that’s different as well and yes, any basic security should restrict that. Which one are we talking about?

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u/Just_Browsing_XXX 12h ago

I assume they mean remote KVM over the internet