USB Network Gate enables to access USB over IP from any network-attached computer. Here is the guide how to download the USB over IP software to the operating system of your choice and follow the steps outlined below to share USB devices over the Internet or any TCP/IP network.
The term TCP/IP is familiar to the majority of computer users. It stands for Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and Internet Protocol (IP) which are two different networking protocols that are often used together. TCP/IP forms the backbone of the networks that people use every day to access the Internet, engage with others through social media, and play games online. Web browsers talk to websites using the TCP/IP protocols.
Once it is shared, a USB device becomes inaccessible for use on the local computer to which it is attached.
Sharing a USB over IP is very similar to making a hard disk accessible to other network users. Accessing the key from a client machine requires it to first be shared from the local computer.
An external IP address is required when sharing USB over TCP/IP. This allows the devices to be seen and accessed from other machines.
The USB device should be connected to the shared port on the server machine in order to be shared by a client computer. Sharing the port after the device has been plugged in is recommended although you can first share the port if you are certain which one is free. When that is done you can attach the USB device to the port.
USB Network Gate supports these variations of the Windows OS:
• Windows XP (32-bit & 64-bit)
• Windows 2003 (32-bit & 64-bit)
• Windows 2008 (32-bit & 64-bit)
• Windows Vista (32-bit & 64-bit)
• Windows 7 (32-bit & 64-bit)
• Windows 8 (32-bit & 64-bit)
• Windows 10 (32-bit & 64-bit)
• Windows Server 2012
• Windows Server 2016
• Windows Server 2019
USB Network Gate requires one of these Mac operating systems:
• OS X Mavericks 10.9
• OS X Yosemite 10.10
• OS X El Capitan 10.11
• macOS Sierra 10.12
• macOS High Sierra 10.13
• macOS Mojave 10.14
USB Network Gate works with these Linux distributions:
• Centos 7
• Ubuntu 14.04-18.04
• Kernel 2.6.32-4.4
Android devices are very popular due to their tight integration with services provide by Google as well as their ability to allow users to multi-task.
USB Network Gate can be installed on your Android device downloading it from your computer.
USB Network Gate requirements:
• Android 5.0+ Lollipop
• Android 6.0 Marshmallow
• Android 7.0 Nougat
• Android 8.0 Oreo
• Android 9.0 Pie
There are settings that can be customized regardless of the operating system on which you are running USB Network Gate. The procedure is similar for all platforms. Customization can be done on a variety of parameters such as:
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