we installed a networkable usb hub (usb over ip) by a company called “digi” today. installation time was minimal. we will be using it to mount USB devices to VMs hosted on our ESX servers. you have to install device drivers for each box you want to use the hub with. only supports windows. comes with 100Mbps NIC and caps USB 2.0 rates down to 12Mbps. but that’s probably not even a real issue. i doubt anyone is buying this device to share USB external harddisks amongst their servers. if you are then what’s wrong with you?

i was wondering what was running on this piece of hardware. my guess was linux..but here’s evidently what it is:

Device type: printer|specialized
Running: Brother embedded, Canon embedded, Priva embedded
OS details: Brother HL-2700CN printer, Brother MFC-7820N multifunction printer, Canon 4000r printer, Canon PIXMA MP600R or MX700 multifunction printer, Priva building management system

what the heck is that?????

anyways… here is how to get it to work with VMs:
http://www.digi.com/support/kbase/kbaseresultdetl.jsp?id=1051