> I have a question regarding the use of USB devices in VirtualPC. I
> know that USB is not emulated in the VPC2007 hardware so normally it
> would not be possible to use such devices in a virtual machine.
> But now I have come across a nifty networked USB hub from Belkin:http://w=
>
> It seems like this is a product that uses TCP/IP networking to connect
> to a USB device using some translation software from Belkin (a driver
> of sorts) to handle the bridge to a PC. Apparently any USB device
> attached to the hub can be connected to from several different PC:s on
> the network, but only one at a time, using TCP/IP.
>
> Since my virtual machines have excellent networking capabilities it
> would open up new avenues of software testing if this product could be
> used.
>
> So the question now (before I shell out the $99) is:
>
> Has anyone using VPC2007 virtual machines gotten this to work?
>
> If so did it also work with USB connected software protection dongles
> (which is my main headache when testing software in a virtualized
> environment)?
>
> --
>
> Bo Berglund (Sweden)

>On Mon, 9 Mar 2009 17:54:52 -0700 (PDT), (email address - cut out)
>wrote:
>
>>On Mar 9, 7:14 am, Bo Berglund <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>>> I have a question regarding the use of USB devices in VirtualPC. I
>>> know that USB is not emulated in the VPC2007 hardware so normally it
>>> would not be possible to use such devices in a virtual machine.
>>> But now I have come across a nifty networked USB hub from Belkin:http://www.belkin.com/networkusbhub/
>>>
>>> It seems like this is a product that uses TCP/IP networking to connect
>>> to a USB device using some translation software from Belkin (a driver
>>> of sorts) to handle the bridge to a PC. Apparently any USB device
>>> attached to the hub can be connected to from several different PC:s on
>>> the network, but only one at a time, using TCP/IP.
>>>
>>> Since my virtual machines have excellent networking capabilities it
>>> would open up new avenues of software testing if this product could be
>>> used.
>>>
>>> So the question now (before I shell out the $99) is:
>>>
>>> Has anyone using VPC2007 virtual machines gotten this to work?
>>>
>>> If so did it also work with USB connected software protection dongles
>>> (which is my main headache when testing software in a virtualized
>>> environment)?
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Bo Berglund (Sweden)
>>
>>Any reason why you don't want to use VirtualBox/Vmware Player/Vmware
>>Workstation before shelling out money for a piece of hardware that
>>should be part of the emulation software anyway?
>
>Because I should have posted on the virtual server NG instead...
>
>Fact is I am really trying to get a grip on how customers using
>virtualized servers can run our software on such servers. We use
>Safenet Sentinel SuperPro dongles for protection and there is nowhere
>to plug them into a virtual server guest windows server...
>VPC2007 is close enough to VS2005 in this respect that I thought I
>would get more responses here. But I did not create a post interesting
>enough, it seems like.
>
>Concerning my own testing:
>1) When testing our software I use a build thta bypasses the dongle
>checks. Not possible to send to customers though...
>
>2) When I test or use software from others, which use USB, I use
>VMWare Workstation 6.5 on my laptop. Works just fine, but wouldn't in
>the server scenario above since the USB hardware is not available on
>the host metal...

>On Mar 9, 7:14 am, Bo Berglund <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>> I have a question regarding the use of USB devices in VirtualPC. I
>> know that USB is not emulated in the VPC2007 hardware so normally it
>> would not be possible to use such devices in a virtual machine.
>> But now I have come across a nifty networked USB hub from Belkin:http://www.belkin.com/networkusbhub/
>>
>> It seems like this is a product that uses TCP/IP networking to connect
>> to a USB device using some translation software from Belkin (a driver
>> of sorts) to handle the bridge to a PC. Apparently any USB device
>> attached to the hub can be connected to from several different PC:s on
>> the network, but only one at a time, using TCP/IP.
>>
>> Since my virtual machines have excellent networking capabilities it
>> would open up new avenues of software testing if this product could be
>> used.
>>
>> So the question now (before I shell out the $99) is:
>>
>> Has anyone using VPC2007 virtual machines gotten this to work?
>>
>> If so did it also work with USB connected software protection dongles
>> (which is my main headache when testing software in a virtualized
>> environment)?
>>
>> --
>>
>> Bo Berglund (Sweden)
>
>Any reason why you don't want to use VirtualBox/Vmware Player/Vmware
>Workstation before shelling out money for a piece of hardware that
>should be part of the emulation software anyway?

>On Tue, 10 Mar 2009 07:26:39 +0100, Bo Berglund <(email address - cut out)>
>wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 9 Mar 2009 17:54:52 -0700 (PDT), (email address - cut out)
>>wrote:
>>
>>>On Mar 9, 7:14 am, Bo Berglund <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>>>> I have a question regarding the use of USB devices in VirtualPC. I
>>>> know that USB is not emulated in the VPC2007 hardware so normally it
>>>> would not be possible to use such devices in a virtual machine.
>>>> But now I have come across a nifty networked USB hub from Belkin:http://www.belkin.com/networkusbhub/
>>>>
>>>> It seems like this is a product that uses TCP/IP networking to connect
>>>> to a USB device using some translation software from Belkin (a driver
>>>> of sorts) to handle the bridge to a PC. Apparently any USB device
>>>> attached to the hub can be connected to from several different PC:s on
>>>> the network, but only one at a time, using TCP/IP.
>>>>
>>>> Since my virtual machines have excellent networking capabilities it
>>>> would open up new avenues of software testing if this product could be
>>>> used.
>>>>
>>>> So the question now (before I shell out the $99) is:
>>>>
>>>> Has anyone using VPC2007 virtual machines gotten this to work?
>>>>
>>>> If so did it also work with USB connected software protection dongles
>>>> (which is my main headache when testing software in a virtualized
>>>> environment)?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> Bo Berglund (Sweden)
>>>
>>>Any reason why you don't want to use VirtualBox/Vmware Player/Vmware
>>>Workstation before shelling out money for a piece of hardware that
>>>should be part of the emulation software anyway?
>>
>>Because I should have posted on the virtual server NG instead...
>>
>>Fact is I am really trying to get a grip on how customers using
>>virtualized servers can run our software on such servers. We use
>>Safenet Sentinel SuperPro dongles for protection and there is nowhere
>>to plug them into a virtual server guest windows server...
>>VPC2007 is close enough to VS2005 in this respect that I thought I
>>would get more responses here. But I did not create a post interesting
>>enough, it seems like.
>>
>>Concerning my own testing:
>>1) When testing our software I use a build thta bypasses the dongle
>>checks. Not possible to send to customers though...
>>
>>2) When I test or use software from others, which use USB, I use
>>VMWare Workstation 6.5 on my laptop. Works just fine, but wouldn't in
>>the server scenario above since the USB hardware is not available on
>>the host metal...
>
>There has been talk of this over on the virtualserver ng before...I
>think the FabulaTech one ($149) and mostly in regards to Hyper-V.
>http://www.usb-over-network.com/usbnet-solutions/virtual.html
>They specifically reference Virtual PC.