Thursday, October 22, 2009

Multiple computers with wireless mice?

I'm currently using logitech wireless (RF) mice at a desk with mutiple computers within 5-6 feet of each other. The problem is, moving any one of these mice causes all of the others nearby to be "frozen out" until you stop moving it. Even though the select buttons on the dongle allow us to keep each mouse and computer paired up, no two can be used simultaneously.



Several years ago, Microsoft's first-generation wireless mice had a channel selector switch on the bottom to allow 2 wireless mice to operate without stepping on each other. But that was only two channels, and sometimes a person sitting at a desk 8-9 feet away would wind up moving the mouse of a 3rd computer (on the same channel)



Is there anything available that might work for 4 computers in close proximity to each other? I need any of these computers able to move their mouse without locking out the others...



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Unfortunately, wireless mice are not designed for that kind of usage. If you all had different kinds of mice, they might operate on sufficiently different frequencies not to interfere with each other, but again probably not (since the transmitter/receiver modules tend to be generic).



Personally, I would just get myself a nice wired mouse. They are lighter, don't need batteries, and cost a lot less.

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