[opensuse] usbip ?
All, Has anyone setup a USB server via usbip? Apparently usbip is a default feature of recent Linux kernels. I know little about it. My use case is I have 4 license dongles that allow commercial software to run. Currently I have to physically move it from one computer to another to run the licensed software. I would like to setup a dongle server that had all the license dongles permanently connected, then use usbip to export them out to the client machines. I'd be fine with exclusive access, meaning only one client at a time could run the licensed software, but I would really like the flexibility of not having to physically move the dongles around. The client PCs are are running Windows, but it seems the server could be running openSUSE. I already have a PC designated to be designated for this task. Any insights? Thanks Greg -- Greg Freemyer www.IntelligentAvatar.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 7:36 PM, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@gmail.com> wrote:
Any insights?
A quick Google search reveals that some people seem to have usbip working for license dongles. I guess you won't know for certain until you try it. One potential issue is that the driver for usbip is unsigned and depending on what sort of Windows environment and the mood of your domain administrators this might not be allowed/permitted. Brandon Vincent -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 9:41 PM, Brandon Vincent <Brandon.Vincent@asu.edu> wrote:
On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 7:36 PM, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@gmail.com> wrote:
Any insights?
A quick Google search reveals that some people seem to have usbip working for license dongles. I guess you won't know for certain until you try it. One potential issue is that the driver for usbip is unsigned and depending on what sort of Windows environment and the mood of your domain administrators this might not be allowed/permitted.
Brandon Vincent
For good or for bad, I'm the Windows Admin. (We're a pretty small company.) But this thread says the newest linux kernel that a Windows client can talk to is 3.14 https://sourceforge.net/p/usbip/discussion/418507/thread/7ff86875/?page=4 Here's that message: https://sourceforge.net/p/usbip/discussion/418507/thread/7ff86875/#5fab/6245... The USB server won't really need Internet access, so I can run an older openSUSE version if that's what's needed. 13.1 has a pre-3.14 kernel, so maybe that's what I need. Greg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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