USB Redirector

USB Redirector

- Powerful Solution for Remoting USB Devices

This software product allows to use shared USB devices remotely through a LAN, WLAN or Internet, just as if they were attached to your computer directly! USB Redirector provides quick resolution of your remote USB needs! It can act as both USB server and USB client, as well as there is a separate light-weight FREE client available. USB Redirector uses a regular TCP/IP connection for communication.

 

USB Redirector helps to: Access USB devices in Hyper-V virtual machine or any other virtual machine. Organize full-featured USB Server for users in your corporate or home network. Use USB devices on a computer where USB ports are damaged or missing. Redirect USB devices between computers in your home network or through the Internet. Redirect USB devices between Windows and Linux with the help of USB Redirector for Linux. Limit physical access to USB device, but make it available for users in your network.

USB Redirector works as background service:

USB Redirector works as a background service, this means you don't have to keep the app open all the time. Once you have configured the program, you can safely close it. USB Redirector will continue to work even when no user is logged in or after reboot. All the devices that you have shared will remain shared.

 

Free client is available!

We provide a light-weight USB Redirector Client that can be used to connect USB devices shared with full-featured USB Redirector. USB Redirector Client is absolutely free if you redirect devices between Windows-based computers (commercial license is required to connect to Linux-based systems). It is available for download in the Downloads section.

Redirect USB device in 5 steps:

• Step 1: Install USB Redirector on a PC where USB devices which you want to share are plugged in. This computer will act as USB server.
• Step 2: Share required USB device on USB server.

NOTE: when USB device is shared, it can not be used locally, because it is acquired for individual usage by remote USB clients! To make the device available locally again, you need to unshare it.

• Step3. Install USB Redirector Client on a PC where you need to use USB devices remotely. This will be your USB client.
• Step4. Create a direct connection from USB client to USB server or callback connection from USB server to USB client.

• Step5. In the list of available USB devices choose the needed one and press Connect.

• Result: On remote PC you can work with USB device

System Requirements

USB Redirector works on the following operating systems (both 32-bit and 64-bit):

• Windows XP
• Windows 2003 Server
• Windows Vista
• Windows 2008 Server (including Server Core and Hyper-V Server)
• Windows 7
• Windows 2008 R2 Server (including Server Core and Hyper-V Server)
• Windows 8
• Windows 2012 Server (including Server Core and Hyper-V Server)
• Windows 8.1
• Windows 2012 R2 Server (including Server Core and Hyper-V Server)
• Windows 10
• Windows 2016 Server (including Server Core and Hyper-V Server)

 

Product Comparison Table

The table below shows a side by side comparison of the most significant features available in different editions of USB Redirector.

	USB Redirector	USB Redirector RDP Edition	USB Redirector TS Edition
Act as USB server	√	√	√
Act as USB client	√	√	√
TCP communication	√	×	×
RDP communication	×	√	√
Isolation of USB devices in RDP session	×	×	√
Redirection of HID devices into RDP session	×	×	√
Safe-remove icon for Mass Storage devices in non-console RDP session on Terminal Server	×	×	√
Blacklist	√	×	×
Auto-sharing of USB devices	√	√	√
Auto-connection USB devices	√	√	√
Auto-reconnect	√	√	√
Exclusion List	√	√	√
Individual sharing of identical USB devices	√	√	√
Cross-platform connection	√	√	√
Reset USB device on disconnect	√	√	√
Nickname	√	√	√
Inactivity Timeout	√	×	×
Data Compression	√	×	×
Callback Connection	√	×	×
Remote Control	√	×	×