USB over internet

[Nikolaj]

Hi guys,

 

I've been searching for a solution for quite a while however have had no luck.
 

Essentially what I am trying to accomplish is to be able to connect a USB device on a 4G modem and then control it from my computer at home as if it was connected directly.

 

I have managed to found a link to this device: https://www.siig.com/usb-2-0-over-ip-1-port.html where I believe it enables the USB device to be given an IP etc to actually communicate with the USB device?

 

I am trying to do exactly what 'USB network gate' does, however that software requires to be installed on both end (host/client), where I am trying to eliminate the host side and just connect from client.

 

Happy to purchase hardware if need be.I have also found anywhereUSB however from reading into this it appears it's only for local networks?

 

Your help would be much appreciated.

[Eigenvektor]

10 minutes ago, Nikolaj said:

I have also found anywhereUSB however from reading into this it appears it's only for local networks?

Can't really help with your main issue, but software limited to local network can be solved by using a VPN connection between the machines. That's what it's made for (virtual private network).

 

You probably want to do this for security reasons anyway when doing stuff like this over the internet, since the underlying protocol most likely isn't secured.

 

What type of USB device are you talking about? I assume it's not a disk, since otherwise you could mount it locally and simply share it as a network drive. If it is latency sensitive sharing it over network might be an issue.

[Nikolaj]

Just now, Eigenvektor said:

Can't really help with your main issue, but software limited to local network can be solved by using a VPN connection between the machines. That's what it's made for (virtual private network).

 

You probably want to do this for security reasons anyway when doing stuff like this over the internet, since the underlying protocol most likely isn't secured.

 

What type of USB device are you talking about? I assume it's not a disk, since otherwise you could mount it locally and simply share it as a network drive. If it is latency sensitive sharing it over network might be an issue.

Thanks for the response and noted.

 

It's a DSLR camera connected by USB and low latency is not a requirement for my use.

 

Not sure what you mean by share it as a network drive? Please note camera will be on different network to the computer.

[Eigenvektor]

1 hour ago, Nikolaj said:

Thanks for the response and noted.

 

It's a DSLR camera connected by USB and low latency is not a requirement for my use.

 

Not sure what you mean by share it as a network drive? Please note camera will be on different network to the computer.

Since you're not talking about a USB disk, you can ignore the network storage part.

 

As I said above, you can use a VPN to solve the different networks issue. I'm not talking about the "private internet access" kind, but a proper one. The primary purpose of a VPN is to securely connect two networks. Machines on both networks will see each other as if they are part of the same private (aka local) network.

 

I'm pretty sure you'll need additional hardware/software for the USB part. USB devices have no concept of an IP address. So you'll need something that can translate between USB protocol and IP. And some kind of driver that simulates a USB connection on your end.

[Nikolaj]

1 hour ago, Eigenvektor said:

Since you're not talking about a USB disk, you can ignore the network storage part.

 

As I said above, you can use a VPN to solve the different networks issue. I'm not talking about the "private internet access" kind, but a proper one. The primary purpose of a VPN is to securely connect two networks. Machines on both networks will see each other as if they are part of the same private (aka local) network.

 

I'm pretty sure you'll need additional hardware/software for the USB part. USB devices have no concept of an IP address. So you'll need something that can translate between USB protocol and IP. And some kind of driver that simulates a USB connection on your end.

Noted.

 

I am not too savvy when it comes to VPN's but I do understand what you are referring to. From some quick research I would need to bridge the two connections.

 

With regards to the additional hardware/software for the USB component, would you know of any devices that could assist with this?

[Eigenvektor]

10 hours ago, Nikolaj said:

With regards to the additional hardware/software for the USB component, would you know of any devices that could assist with this?

Sorry, I don't. I can find some systems that can do it (like https://www.virtualhere.com/home) but all of them involve hardware/software on both sides of the connection.