![]() On both computers, press ‘Start’ and you now be good to go!. ![]() Within Barrier on the client computer, ensure the ‘Server IP’ matches what is displaying next to ‘IP Addresses’ on the server computer’s Barrier window.Double click the ‘Unnamed’ screen and change the ‘Screen name’ to whatever is showing on the client computer under the ‘Client section’ (e.g.For example, if you want to move your mouse to the left side of the screen to move it onto the laptop that is sitting to the left of you, make sure the screen icon is to the left of the screen icon that already exists in the grid On the server computer, click ‘Configure Server’ and drag the screen icon in the top right corner down to where you would like the client computer to be.Ensure this is carried out on both devices Untick ‘Enable SSL’ and ‘Require client certificate’ and press OK. On both computers, within Barrier, click the text saying ‘Barrier’ on the top menu and press ‘Change Settings’.On the client computer (the computer without any mouse or keyboard plugged in), click the second checkbox labelled ‘Client’.On the server computer (the PC with the mouse and keyboard plugged in), tick the first checkbox that says ‘Server’.Run Barrier (via the start menu or the desktop icon) on both computers.You will need to do this on both computers (note that if the client device does not allow installation of programs, you unfortunately will not be able to do this) You can select the option to create a desktop shortcut for easy access. exe file), run the file and complete the installation. Download the latest release of Barrier from GitHub (the.Here’s what you need to do to get it up and running: In the case mentioned above, your desktop PC would be the server computer and the work laptop would be the client computer. The server computer has the mouse and keyboard plugged into it and it shares it with the client computer. So I searched for an alternative, free way of achieving the same result.īarrier is open source software available on GitHub that lets you set up one computer as a server and one as a client. However, when I went to download it years later, I was disappointed (but not surprised – I recall it being decent software) to find it is a paid product now. Years ago I used to use Synergy to achieve this. For example, if you’re working from home using a work-issued laptop and only have limited desk space and still need to use your desktop PC, but it wouldn’t be practical to set up another mouse and keyboard, nor to switch which device the peripherals were plugged into, nor could you justify buying a KVM switch as you only work from home occasionally, I have the solution for you. ![]() Using one keyboard and mouse to control two computers can be helpful in a number of situations. ![]()
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