Low lag USB splitters?

[sabersmith]

Some caveats to consider:

• You will not be able to use multiboxing software (due to transmission lag) unless the units are all connected to the same router/hub. (For the nit-pickers, yes I know there are some caveats to this caveat but the basic idea still stands. GTFO.)
• Hardware options are expensive and reliable (Vetra, etc.) or cheap and may not work great (wireless keyboards/mice) depending on conditions at your desk and distance between the two PCs/keyboards/etc.
• Software multiboxing apps like ISBoxer/HKN/etc. do not allow "KVM" style control of your second PC, with the exception of Mojo and Octopus as far as I know. You will need something like Input Director (the best option) or Synergy (has issues with mouselook) or Multiplicity (has issues with mouse capture preventing broadcast from the second PC back to the first PC in FTL setups) if you want to be able to mouse over to the second PC and control it.

Tell us what your budget is and your current home network setup and we can help with details.

Well I don't plan to use a KVM switch. I'm just going to use two keyboards; one main and another mini if i need to use the other computer.

Both computers are towers and they'll be in the same room attached to the same router. the router is actually behind another router, but that shouldn't be a problem should it? the router is fully configurable.

The monitors are different sizes, aspect ratios & resolutions. one is 27" 1080p (1920x1080) the other is 19" 1280x1024. That might make hardware cloning a bit of an issue since moving the mouse on one will not result in the same result on the other. e.g. targeting a creature. will software do this better? What are the tricks people use, or am I just better off buying another 1080p screen?

If software works better I'll go that route. I can see it having less lag sending commands over ethernet. i also like the ability to customize which commands it sends on which key-presses. a little more control than simply cloning keystrokes. However, the game will probably have a macro system that will let me do the same thing with cloned keystrokes so I'm not sure how valuable it will be. Will have to wait and see.

my budget really depends on what i'm getting. i kinda judge how much i'm willing to spend by how good the product i'm buying is. I see the ISBoxer software is free but requires $36 a year Inner Space software, which is fine. If it works well $36 a year I'm ok w/.

If a hardware solution is going to cost 100s of $ I would really have to evaluate how much more usable it is & how much easier it would make playing multiple toons for me.

I plan on starting w/ DB but i could end up 3 or 4 boxing depending on how easy it is and how much i like the game.

edit: not sure if it matters or not but both PCs will be running win 7 pro 32 bit

p.s. sorry for the late reply