| 1 | <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE topic PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Topic//EN" "topic.dtd">
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| 3 | <topic xml:lang="en-us" id="usb-over-rdp">
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| 4 | <title>Remote USB</title>
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| 5 |
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| 6 | <body>
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| 7 | <p>
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| 8 | As a special feature additional to the VRDP support,
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| 9 | <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> also supports remote USB devices over the wire.
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| 10 | That is, an <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> guest that runs on one computer can
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| 11 | access the USB devices of the remote computer on which the VRDP
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| 12 | data is being displayed the same way as USB devices that are
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| 13 | connected to the actual host. This enables running of virtual
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| 14 | machines on an <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> host that acts as a server, where
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| 15 | a client can connect from elsewhere that needs only a network
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| 16 | adapter and a display capable of running an RDP viewer. When USB
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| 17 | devices are plugged into the client, the remote <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/>
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| 18 | server can access them.
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| 19 | </p>
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| 20 | <p>
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| 21 | For these remote USB devices, the same filter rules apply as for
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| 22 | other USB devices. See <xref href="settings-usb.dita">USB Settings</xref>. All you
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| 23 | have to do is specify Remote, or Any, when setting up these
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| 24 | rules.
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| 25 | </p>
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| 26 | <p>
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| 27 | Accessing remote USB devices is only possible if the RDP client
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| 28 | supports this extension. Some versions of
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| 29 | <userinput>uttsc</userinput>, a client tailored for the use with Sun
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| 30 | Ray thin clients, support accessing remote USB devices. RDP
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| 31 | clients for other platforms will be provided in future
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| 32 | <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> versions.
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| 33 | </p>
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| 34 | </body>
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| 35 |
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| 36 | </topic>
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