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http://www.usb-over-network.com/ Here are a couple... *ASB **http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* <http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker> *Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) for the SMB market...* On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 6:13 PM, J- P <[email protected]> wrote: > What/where is this IP addressable USB socket product? > > I actually have a dongle on a users workstation because the DONGLE would > work on the HyperV > > (it's a Vectoworks dongle) > > thanks > > > ------------------------------ > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] USB passthrough on Hyper-V 2012 R2 > Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 22:44:58 +0000 > > > We do this with VMware as well. > > *From:* Robert Peterson <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, January 22, 2015 2:33 PM > *To:* [email protected] > > I have run into this, but within Hyper-V 2010 and used a 3rd party IP > addressable USB socket to plug the license dongle into. > > Then pointed the "guest" to use that IP address as it's USB port. Been > working for years. > > > > Just an idea, > > Robert > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Michael B. Smith > *Sent:* Thursday, January 22, 2015 4:26 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [NTSysADM] USB passthrough on Hyper-V 2012 R2 > > > > I have not tested this personally, but I thought it worked with Win8.1 RDP > as well (which is available as a separate download for Win7 and Win8). Have > you tried that? > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Richard Stovall > *Sent:* Thursday, January 22, 2015 5:19 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [NTSysADM] USB passthrough on Hyper-V 2012 R2 > > > > I have this working, but am I missing something? For this to work does a > user absolutely, positively _*have*_ to be logged on using an Enhanced > Session Mode VM connection? I need to have a piece of software connect to > a USB licensing dongle, and it would be, shall we say, less than optimal to > have to have user logged in 24/7 and an appropriate VM connection window > open. > > > > I've got to be missing something, right? If not, MS's solution is useful > for one-off stuff, but not for anything where a USB device needs to be > connected all the time. I have used USB over network solutions with good > success before, so we can certainly go that route. I was just hoping we > wouldn't have to. >
