USB OVER NETWORK > USB SERVER
HOW TO CREATE USB SERVER
Need to share USB devices over network, but don't want to plug them into your own computer? USB to Ethernet Connector is a professional, yet so easy-to-use solution for breaking 5-meter distance limit between USB device and its host! With USB to Ethernet Connector you can plug USB devices in any computer thus making this computer a USB server and use the connected devices from any remote PC on a local network even via RDP, Wi-Fi or Internet.
You can connect several USB devices to a local PC (e.g. USB hard drive, USB flash drive, USB dongle, USB printers/MFDs, USB home monitoring & control systems) and work with these devices from your laptop via Wi-Fi. No wires or additional hardware required!
You can connect several USB devices to a local PC (e.g. USB hard drive, USB flash drive, USB dongle, USB printers/MFDs, USB home monitoring & control systems) and work with these devices from your laptop via Wi-Fi. No wires or additional hardware required!
Steps
Windows/Linux version
Step 1
Install USB to Ethernet Connector on the computer that you are going to use as a USB server. Plug USB devices that you are going to use on other computers into it.
Windows/Linux version
Step 2
Share the USB devices with the help of USB to Ethernet Connector (that's super easy to do).
Windows/Linux version
Step 3
Install USB to Ethernet Connector on all computers that will connect to the devices shared at USB network server. On Windows machines USB to Ethernet Connector for Windows has to be installed, and USB to Ethernet Connector for Linux has to be installed on Linux machines.
Windows/Linux version
Step 4
On client computers add remote USB device that you shared on USB server and then establish a connection with it in USB to Ethernet Connector.
Tips
Only one client can use USB device shared on a server at a time. This is conditioned by the fact that USB to Ethernet Connector is a universal tool, so as of now multi-access cannot be implemented in it, moreover not all USB devices may support multi-access mode.
If you share a device on USB network server, that device becomes no longer available at that server. Unshare it to use and fully control it there
Things you'll need
- Windows OS or Linux OS computer;
- USB to Ethernet Connector;
- USB device you would like to share.