The USB/IP Project aims to develop a general USB device sharing system over IP network. To share USB devices between computers with their full functionality, USB/IP encapsulates "USB I/O messages" into TCP/IP payloads and transmits them between computers. Original USB device drivers and applications can be also used for remote USB devices without any modification of them. A computer can use remote USB devices as if they were directly attached; for example, we can ...
- USB storage devices: fdisk, mkfs, mount/umount, file operations, play a DVD movie and record a DVD-R media.
- USB keyboards and USB mice: use with linux console and X Window System.
- USB webcams and USB speakers: view webcam, capture image data and play some music.
- USB printers, USB scanners, USB serial converters and USB Ethernet interfaces: ok, work fine.
It is currently implemented as Linux device drivers and available under the open source license GPL. Its I/O performance is enough practical in local area network for all types of devices, including isochronous devices, without any modification of Linux-original USB device drivers.
project address: http://usbip.sourceforge.net/
use example: https://github.com/lcgamboa/USBIP-Virtual-USB-Device