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This guide describes how to redirect USB devices from the RDP client to the server using Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).
Note: Since USB Network Gate version 7.x, the software supports ICA protocol, i.e. the USB devices plugged into a thin client will appear in a remote session over ICA.
For a USB Network Gate server that runs on the Linux machine, execute the following command in the Terminal:
xfreerdp --plugin usb4rdp <remote address=""></remote>
where <remote address> is the remote RDP server’s IP address or domain name or computer name. This command launches RDP client xfreerdp together with our plugin.
Notes:
xfreerdp --plugin cliprdr --plugin usb4rdp xxx.xx.xx.xx
This command launches RDP client xfreerdp together with our and cliprdr plugins that ensure synchronization of client and server clipboard data.
Refer to freeRDP documentation to find out about supported plugins and available user commands.
xfreerdp plugin usb4rdp -0 -o server
This will make audio data be transferred by the means of USB Network Gate and not the RDP client.
UNG plugin is compatible with xfreerdp version starting from 1.0. rdesktop and Remmina are not supported.
The client should be either Windows 8 (real or virtual machine) or Hyper-V running Windows 7 SP 1, with the RemoteFX GPU added, launched on Windows Server 2008 R2 SP 1 or Server 2012.
The command is as follows:
xfreerdp-usb [shared-ports] xfreerdp-args
Arguments are the following:
For example:
Redirect all shared USB devices:
xfreerdp-usb -u User -p Pass 192.168.0.123
Redirect USB devices shared on 1909 and 1910 TCP ports:
xfreerdp-usb 1909,1910 -u User -p Pass 192.168.0.123
If you get the “SSL_read: I/O” error, add the “--rfx” parameter without quotes before the IP address.
Note: In case one of these is enabled: traffic encryption, authorization, traffic compression, then sharing of USB device in remote desktop session will be unavailable.