[ Thanks to Falko
Timme for this link. ]
“This tutorial shows how to set up a USB-over-IP server
with Mandriva 2010.0 as well as a USB-over-IP client (also running
Mandriva 2010.0). 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. USB-over-IP can be useful for virtual machines, for
example, that don’t have access to the host system’s hardware –
USB-over-IP allows virtual machines to use remote USB devices.“I do not issue any guarantee that this will work for you!
“1 Preliminary Note
“This tutorial is based on AliRezaTaleghani’s tutorial How To
Modify Your Gnu/Linux Box To Serve As A USB Over IP Server, but
I’ve adjusted it for Mandriva 2010.0 (server and client). If you
want to use a Windows client, please take a look at
AliRezaTaleghani’s tutorial – that part is still the same.“In this tutorial I use the server server1.example.com with the
IP address 192.168.0.100 and the client client1.example.com with
the IP address 192.168.0.101, both running Mandriva 2010.0. These
settings might differ for you, so you have to replace them where
appropriate.”