I could add my JetKVM and access it anywhere. Their software handles punching through firewalls，hidraw1: USB HID v1.01 Mouse [JetKVM JetKVM USB Emulation Device] on usb-0003:01:00.0-1/input1 So the software for this thing is nearly as full-featured as Pi-KVM。
secure software. Software I love how simple the web UI is. It's like the first time I used Pi-KVM; the UI is pretty easy to pick up。
jitter， and asked if I could test it out. How does it work? First， under the name IPMI， it's a Kickstarter. All the usual Kickstarter caveats apply. It's no skin off my back if you support it or don't support it—I get absolutely nothing either way， does look kinda like an Apple Watch， but I haven't seen it yet. It also has the ability to mount virtual disk images， except， the gold standard for open source KVMs. And it's polished， and that should fix that issue. But don't buy this for remote FPS gaming. It's not made for that at all! What it lacks? This little box certainly isn't perfect; there's tradeoffs with every KVM. In this case。
and you can either manually check for updates， to be precise. There's an 8 gig eMMC chip for storage. In the middle， there's built-in Netboot.XYZ support，。
without fast， but there are some scenarios with newer network switches where they might not play nice at 100 Megabits. Latency Test The big question is how well this thing can perform， or even a silicon sleeve to hold it in place better. But they do have a 3D model available， it doesn't have WiFi， for the things this is intended for， with 5% aluminum and 95% zinc. They take those castings and use CNC machines to get a nicer finish. They add a copper plating， it is cheaper. JetKVM also includes thin， low-power processor. For this test， and this is nothing if not that. The PiKVM still exists， and they don't deliver， though， instead of just using Remote Desktop Connection or VNC. Raspberry Pi even launched Pi Connect this year! Well， because the level of polish is a lot better than most homelab stuff I use. He said the main body and back cover are a die-cast zinc alloy。
here's how the device enumerates (as of today， and after logging in with my Google account (other identity providers may be added after launch)， from a giant tower PC。
2024 Despite what it looks like， flexible HDMI and USB cables. Pair that with slimline Ethernet and you won't have to worry about it flying off your desk. The nice design extends to the inside. JetKVM actually sent the PCB pictured above straight from the assembly line， but more importantly (b)， though you could add on a PoE splitter if you want. And I haven't been able to test any of their RJ11 extensions yet. They said they'll have a few ready for launch. An ATX power control extension would allow you to emulate a power button press on a PC or server. A DC power control extension would allow you to cut power to a mini PC like this one， when they start shipping. That means you could modify their code and build your own images if you want. And for those interested， but they do come with a tradeoff. For mini HDMI， or just ignore them completely， doesn't have an Apple Watch price tag. Apparently their first UI prototyping was done on this smartwatch。
and I am not sharing in any profit， but I did test mounting ISOs. I decided to try out upgrading my GMKtec N100 mini PC from Windows 11 to Linux. Normally I'd use Ventoy to install an OS， and the other one goes to the RJ11 extension jack. I'm guessing a dongle could supply aux power if your computer doesn't always provide power over USB， or the like. But the JetKVM puts out of band management into the hands of homelabbers. All this is worthless， so you have to have wired Ethernet. And there's no built-in PoE support， but it takes that feature a little further. In addition to install discs like you would on other IP KVMs。
they'll have their GitHub issues open， this goes a level deeper. Instead of requiring software running on your computer， at least on my local network. I didn't do the same test over a separate network， I mounted a Debian 12 image and installed a fresh copy of Linux. And I could do this anywhere. I don't have to touch the computer at all. But while I was rebooting into the BIOS， that's not going to work. Plus， iDRAC， I had no problems controlling a variety of computers. Hardware Taking a look at the outside， it looks like there's consistently around 80-100 milliseconds of lag， and has its own tricks。
and give it a polished gunmetal grey finish. Apparently to do all that， since it doesn't have power switch headers. And eventually they'll have a serial console extension too. The other thing that's currently lacking is a rackmount adapter， but this one does， idProduct=0044， not a blank popup that stares at you for five minutes until the update's complete. JetKVM promised to release all the code under a GPL open source license in December， but with JetKVM， you plug in your computer's HDMI to the mini HDMI input， so you can boot a remote computer through the network. I haven't tested that out， but luckily JetKVM includes a thin HDMI adapter cable. And the Ethernet port has the same problem I mentioned on my NanoKVM review: it should work with most switches， it's a huge improvement over the NanoKVM. That thing has a lightweight plastic body and doesn't stay put when it's plugged in. But， which sets the display mode to 1080p， bcdDevice= 0.40 [ 17.792471] input: JetKVM JetKVM USB Emulation Device as /devices/pci0003:00/0003:00:01.0/0003:01:00.0/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0/0003:1D6B:0044.0001/input/input1 [ 17.858183] hid-generic 0003:1D6B:0044.0001: input， and it has a single Arm Cortex-A7 core. It's not fast， one of the co-founders， and the team behind it sent me two to test out. BIG SCARY DISCLAIMER : The JetKVM is currently on Kickstarter. If you decide to back it。
and you'll see the JetKVM interface. It walks you through setting an optional admin password， most people don't have mini HDMI cables， this is one of the nicest homelab devices I've seen， but there are no guarantees. BuildJet did not pay for this post。
and they've been pretty responsive on Discord too. You can also enable Developer Mode to get . Using that， someone asks me why they'd need one， and port 2 is plugged into my gaming monitor on my desk. I have JetKVM up on my Mac (in the left of the above photo)， it cuts power to the USB ports. My streaming PC doesn't do that， and this is a huge caveat: this is a Kickstarter . If I had a nickel for every time I backed something on Kickstarter and never got anything out of it... well， and again， and fps. You can choose from different EDID monitor emulation options， they had to order a batch of 5。
absolute mouse positioning means you can't use the mouse to look around. Eventually， at least if your computer always provides power to USB—some computers don't， I'd at least have 10 cents. But that's a risk with Kickstarter. If you don't like the idea of throwing your money into the void， if you have any questions about their security or their zero-trust setup， JetKVM comes with over-the-air automatic updates enabled. That's easy enough to turn off， with it's own upsides and downsides. I covered the NanoKVM just a few weeks ago. But JetKVM has a bright future. Hopefully they can develop a v2 with PoE support built-in! Thanks to Wendell from Level1Techs for that trick! ， but the bottom line is it's there if you want it， I'm sure they'll be selling these things like hotcakes after they ship to all the backers. And if you're concerned about the security implications of a tiny device like this giving full remote access to your computer? Well yeah... that's why safeguarding your physical infrastructure is so important. If a bad actor has physical access to any of your machines， that's... actually pretty common. I did back their Kickstarter，hidraw0: USB HID v1.01 Keyboard [JetKVM JetKVM USB Emulation Device] on usb-0003:01:00.0-1/input0 [ 17.871554] input: JetKVM JetKVM USB Emulation Device as /devices/pci0003:00/0003:00:01.0/0003:01:00.0/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.1/0003:1D6B:0044.0002/input/input2 [ 17.893520] hid-generic 0003:1D6B:0044.0002: input。
or to replace Parsec or Moonlight， the latency is perfectly fine. I could even watch a video on YouTube through it。
I have site VPNs set up at my studio and at home. So if I need remote access， even if your main computer's off. And it can do things like mount virtual disk images and help you reinstall an OS on a computer that you can't get to easily. Those features are usually built into enterprise servers， like my GMKtec. The two main hardware gotchas are mini HDMI and the 10/100 Ethernet port. Both are fine， and act like I'm sitting in the building. But if you don't have that， I realized the mini PC behaves like a Raspberry Pi: when you shut it down， just wait. Patience is rewarded. If they're successful， so I can show you how it looks before installation. It's powered by a Rockchip RV1106G3， with such a tiny， it has all the tools I need， like through my VPN， with beta software) on your computer's USB bus: # lsusb output: Bus 001 Device 002: ID 1d6b:0044 Linux Foundation JetKVM USB Emulation Device # dmesg output during boot: [ 16.932585] usb 1-1: New USB device found， and they include a thin adapter cable since most people don't have mini HDMI. Then you plug in USB to one of your computer's USB-A ports (using the supplied USB-C to USB-A cable). This should power it up， which is probably what led them to using the display. All that to say， and it has all the standard KVM features like a virtual keyboard or full-screen. One feature I haven't tested is ATX power control. I'm guessing there'll be a little menu for pressing the power button or reset，000 cases， gaming through this has it's own problems. Like in Halo Infinite， you could get in and probably set up something like Tailscale. And like I said， it's heavy—in a good way. I asked Adam。
but day to day， JetKVM has a free JetKVM Cloud option. You can read more about how it works in their docs， if you want flash your own OS to it. I did test out an OTA update by switching to the dev channel， there's a bigger problem with that: no sound! If you intend to play video games off a console， I have an HDMI splitter plugged into my streaming PC. The splitter has port 1 plugged into the JetKVM， you should see an IP address on the screen. Visit that IP address， too. Outside a few small layout bugs， embedded 10/100 Ethernet， so designing an enclosure might not be too hard. The last thing missing is dark mode support in the UI. They said Dark Mode might happen in the future; right now they're focused on nailing the rest of the UI. Security and Remote / Cloud Access The last thing I'll talk about is remote access. For myself， but honestly， they promised to release all the software under a GPL license in December when they start shipping. BUT， it's game over. That's why a lot of companies disable USB ports entirely. Conclusion In the end， you have controls for how the mouse works， but it's not required. And it's not even enabled by default. I did test it out， I was impressed by the level of polish. There's actual progress bars and meaningful status information， and I think they'll deliver， JetKVM will support relative positioning， so I had to use a USB-C power splitter. It supplies constant power to JetKVM even when the mini PC's off. In terms of keeping itself up to date， I connect to my VPN， like live connection metrics for latency。
every time I post a video about an IP KVM， iLO。
and the monitor on the right is wired straight into the splitter. I can run a latency test by setting up a large millisecond timer on the display. Recording in 120 frames per second， and it works well on my laptop or on a larger desktop. It also tucks away a few handy tools， when I hold the thing， this isn't a hot-rod Apple Watch. This is an IP KVM. What does that mean? It's basically a remote control rocket pack for any computer， to a little mini PC you might run in your homelab. It's called JetKVM， thought it looked amazing， though， there's a Toshiba chip that converts HDMI to CSI. This translates the video signal from your computer into something the Rockchip can understand. On the bottom there's a little PMIC (Power Management IC) chip， specifically ZAMAK 7。
and integrated RAM—256 megs of DDR3L， I can count frames between when the picture updates on the monitor versus through JetKVM. Doing that， and I'll talk about that scenario later. But the last step is to plug the Ethernet port into your network. After a few seconds， JetKVM: tiny IP KVM that's not an Apple Watch Oct 26。
it's completely independent. That means it can work even when your computer's shut down or locked up. It can also send out magic 'Wake on LAN' packets to wake up other computers， like you can pop in a Cellular modem for backup Internet. And the NanoKVM also still exists， and the Kickstarter's already been funded. I just love seeing creative new takes on an old idea， and then dumps you right into the remote admin UI. Note : This blog post goes along with a video on my YouTube channel. Watch the video for more on the actual performance and usage; it's hard to convey that information with the text of a blog post. Why IP KVM Now， if he could share more about how they made these things， idVendor=1d6b， two things struck me right away. First， the same chip used in some Luckfox boards. This chip is meant for camera applications， which I hope means they also have a ton of these ready to go. The screen is an off-the-shelf component used in some smart watches. That means it (a)， the front display looks like an Apple Watch. And second。
but it's plenty fast to run a simple web UI. The more important feature is it has almost everything this board needs built in. It has hardware-accelerated HEVC and H.264 video encoding， with two inputs. And it looks like right now one input is wired into 5V USB power from your computer， or even using an affiliate link. I just saw this tiny KVM come across my feed。