What is this? "added support for usb forwarding over tcp"

jandafields · Sat Apr 21, 2012 4:22 am

Changelog 5.15:
*) added support for usb forwarding over tcp;

I don't see such an option anywhere. What is this and how is it used?

cbrown · Sat Apr 21, 2012 4:35 am

Yea I was wondering the same thing.

herschel · Mon Apr 23, 2012 7:31 am

Big mystery this is...

Mon Apr 23, 2012 9:09 am

A guess, USB over IP. Allowing us to extend the usb port on a routerboard to a remote location. Useful for extending things like usb weather stations and web cams.

Maybe Mikrotik can confirm this and stop the speculation

jandafields · Mon Apr 23, 2012 5:24 pm

ANSWER:

You can attach USB device to RouterBOARD USB port and operate it by Windows computer.
However, this option is added to v6.x only, changelog entry was added by mistake, this option applies for v6.x

Stanislav Hrncir · Mon Apr 23, 2012 5:51 pm

so HOW to do it.. in ip - usb is all grey..

jandafields · Mon Apr 23, 2012 6:11 pm

It hasn't been added to winbox yet.

Use terminal /ip usb

Tue Apr 24, 2012 8:17 am

This was mistakenly added to changelog of v5.15, it actually was added in v6. It will not work in v5.15

Tue Apr 24, 2012 1:30 pm

There is an issue with usb over tcp, it does not function at 6.0beta2 properly. It will be fixed in the next beta version.

samsung172 · Tue Apr 24, 2012 11:19 pm

how is this working? is it possible to get TCP stream to computer, and access a USB device? Or is this just a tcp stream possible using beween two mikrotik routers. Is there some software, description what so ever about this function?

jandafields · Tue Apr 24, 2012 11:31 pm

Agree, please give us some documentation on this new feature!

Wed Apr 25, 2012 12:02 pm

We are preparing documentation for usb forwarding over tcp, it should be ready very soon. As soon as it will be ready, link will be posted here.

samsung172 · Tue Jul 10, 2012 10:39 pm

still not ready?

jandafields · Wed Jul 11, 2012 2:36 am

still not ready?

It will be in v6.
v6 is not finished yet.

jandafields · Mon Nov 05, 2012 12:31 am

We are preparing documentation for usb forwarding over tcp, it should be ready very soon. As soon as it will be ready, link will be posted here.

Is the documentation ready? "very soon" was over 6 months ago.

cbrown · Mon Nov 05, 2012 1:34 am

Is this what you were talking about?

http://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php ... 12#p334812

jandafields · Mon Nov 05, 2012 3:04 am

Is this what you were talking about?

http://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php ... 12#p334812

It might be the same thing, but the term "USB sharing" is not really accurate. It's usb over tcp/ip (to make a really long virtual usb cable).

But, yes, it is probably the same thing.

Mon Nov 05, 2012 8:27 am

USB forwarding was not working well, so we have removed that feature for now. We will research how to make it work better .

samsung172 · Tue Nov 06, 2012 11:56 pm

USB forwarding was not working well, so we have removed that feature for now. We will research how to make it work better .

+1 for this. The usb forward is a really nice feature. Espesially to connec to to UPS. (MT have poor support for ups over usb, like "restart command") There is also a need for this, as the serial port is gone to new MT devices. Earlier, the install engineer always had a loooooong serial cable, to connect two MT devices together if there was a problem in a tower. Nowdays, its not that easy, to connect the same way via USB. if we had a usb over ethernet, it would be "possible" or easier, to do stuff from remote.

It is also a lot of other really nice features, and handy stuff to do with a feature like this.

PastuhMedvedey · Sat Jan 11, 2014 6:40 pm

any news?

Mon Jan 13, 2014 9:44 am

This feature has been removed due to severe stability problems. It was only present in one beta version.

thavinci · Mon Apr 03, 2017 8:24 pm

Good Evening.

Sorry to flog a dead horse here, but is there any hope of this feature coming back?

m4t7e0 · Fri Jan 26, 2018 1:13 am

Good Evening.

Sorry to flog a dead horse here, but is there any hope of this feature coming back?

+1

serkamil · Thu Feb 15, 2018 2:09 pm

Good Evening.

Sorry to flog a dead horse here, but is there any hope of this feature coming back?
+1

Hello,

I'm very interested in this feature too. Do you have any plans about it? If you need someone for test, I can help you.

BR
Kamil

mirhav · Tue Sep 25, 2018 1:35 pm

+1 for USB over IP

gekasilos · Tue Jan 15, 2019 2:10 pm

+1 For USB over IP

lexarybin · Fri May 08, 2020 4:47 pm

+1 For USB over IP

Belonogoff · Fri Mar 26, 2021 9:17 am

+1 For USB over IP

eldarkt · Thu Dec 23, 2021 12:19 am

+1 For USB over IP
It would be very useful functionality in my environment.

ConnyMercier · Thu Dec 23, 2021 12:43 am

If you need a USB over TCP Solution today ...

I highly recommend W&T -> https://www.wut.de/e-53www-15-inus-000.php
Use there Product all the time in 24/7 environment and they have PoE-Powering options

They are not cheap, but they are very good quality!

r00t · Thu Dec 23, 2021 2:27 am

Hopefully one day we will get USB pass-through into containters, so it will be possible to interface with any devices and run USB over IP server if one wants that...

eldarkt · Sat Dec 25, 2021 11:20 am

If you need a USB over TCP Solution today ...

I highly recommend W&T -> https://www.wut.de/e-53www-15-inus-000.php
Use there Product all the time in 24/7 environment and they have PoE-Powering options

They are not cheap, but they are very good quality!

>EUR 298.00
It's a bit high for personal use indeed.

I tried OpenWRT on my HAP AC2 as described here: https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/ser ... b.iptunnel
I was able to connect my USB device, but hen it disconnected after a few seconds, and it happened each time I tried.
Seems that this functionality is broken for HAP AC2 OpenWRT.

So, my only hope is Mikrotik team will implement this.

berisz · Tue Apr 18, 2023 10:56 am

+1 USB over IP

anav · Tue Apr 18, 2023 3:15 pm

Speaks to lack of credibility and lack of transparency............
+1 for truth let alone the functionality.