In past months, I put in place many SunRay setups, and most of them was requiring Windows desktop (both on WTS or on VMware WinXP desktops). In all cases, there is always at least one or two users that require to have specific USB peripherals that doesn't work with RDP.
The solution we found here to solve this problem is to put in place a small Ethernet/USB hub. This is working quite very well. The Ethernet/USB hub is called "Anywhere USB" and this is made by "Digi": http://www.digi.com/products/usb/anywhereusb.jsp This is not cheap (around $200 USD), but, hey, what is $200 when implementing a SunRay environment besides all the costs of maintaining PCs?? ;-) On the WTS setups, we present it to the client as a perfect component for a "service area" with hot-desking: put there the CD burner, the scanner, a printer and so on, and when a user require to scan, burn, print or anything else, he just have to move to the "service area" SunRay, insert his smart card and his desktop follows. So the user can do what he needs to be done, and leave after he's done. On the WinXP/VMware setups, some powerusers has the chance to receive their own "Anywhere USB" modules, besides their SunRay clients. Bingo! Ben Audet On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 08:11:47 +1200, Simon Annear wrote > Hiya > > I had the same questions, found a simple solution. I have managed > to train my better half to scan using our HP multifunction > printer/scanner via its built in web interface (it's a network > capable model) - I've just set up a bookmark in her web browser. > That of course means that you will need to buy a different scanner, > but they're getting cheaper and cheaper nowdays... > > USB won't work for what you are trying to do > > Simon > > Remold Krol | Everett wrote: > > Hiya all, > > > > Currently I am testing SRSS and I want to know if it is possible to > > connect a USB scanner to my system and present is via the Windows > > Connector 2.0 to the user logged on at the DTU where ther Scanners is > > connected to. Is this possible? The scanner bein used is a HP Scanjet > > 3800. > > > > Is there a list of supported Scanners for SRSS? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Remold | Everett > > > > _______________________________________________ > > SunRay-Users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users > > _______________________________________________ > SunRay-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users _______________________________________________ SunRay-Users mailing list [email protected] http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users
