We're improving a restaurant's surveillance setup and one of the tasks is to move the monitors to a better position than where the 32 cameras come into two DVRs.

The idea is to move the monitors about twelve feet, around the corner and out of sight of the DVRs. For one DVR we'd normally use a wireless mouse and/or wired KVM switch, but we've never used two in the same area and I'd like to know if anyone has had success or failure doing this. We wonder what you know about the wireless approach with two DVRs.

I can't spec a model since the entire point is to find out from you if particular models will or won't work together. We could use Logitech, Dell, or other brands, and mix them or not, per your recommendations.

Thanks.

Edit: not a minute later I checked my phone. My partner talked with ioGear, who have five wireless mouses working in the same room with no interference. I will come back here later with model number info in case anyone needs it.

Usually a wireless mouse uses Bluetooth, which is using frequencies in the WiFi range. It maybe that ioGear can have 5 going at once in their isolated testing lab. But out in the real world, with real interference from a lot of wireless clients in the area, you may not be so lucky.
Don't assume on this one, check on-site.

This building is some six hundred or more feet from any adjacent buildings, but with its public wifi, manager wifi, and iPad ordering system I've seen six signals on 2.4G. You bring up a great point. Thanks.

Is a wireless mouse visible on Wifi Analyzer?

No, you would need a spectrum analyzer product to see everything.

Metageek makes a good one, I'm sure you have heard of before: Wi-Spy
[Link: metageek.com]

I will say that solution use to be a lot more affordable (with entry level analysis). They only offer the top solution now but it does a lot more than the old versions from years ago.

Then there are the patrons' wifi/bluetooth devices that are on. And their wifi is probably searching for a "known" signal.

KOT