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October 8, 2008

Wireless USB Hub Lets You Share Devices at the Flip of a Switch

Filed under: Wireless USB Hub Kit — admin @ 8:08 am

Wireless is in.  The problem for business (and personal) applications is that there are often multiple users wanting to use the same devices.  With wireless USB printers, camcorders, and scanners popping up, the need to be able to “flip a switch” and connect from another computer is increasingly important.  To solve this problem, we took a long look at the IOGEAR Wireless USB Hub and Adapter Kit.

It allows your desktop or laptop to connect with game controllers, flash drives, external hard drives, and other USB devices without the need for wires. With transmission speeds of up to 480Mbps, it is the perfect combination of convenient USB connectivity, blazing fast data transfers and the benefits of going wireless.

Flip of a Switch

The ability to have high-bandwidth video, audio and data transfers from up to 30 feet away is a tremendous asset, but multiple users sharing a device can have difficulty connecting if they don’t use the IOGEAR Wireless USB Hub.  It is important to have the flexibility of changing users quickly and easily, especially in active environments.  In the 21st century, an “active environment” can be the office, home, dormitory.
A home or office setup can easily utilize the feature as most households and businesses have multiple computers working with the same peripherals.  For school, the application is obvious: most student living quarters are shared, so allowing roommates and study groups to share hardware from different computers can save space.  In college, space is a hot commodity.

Works with Peripherals like…

  • Printers
  • Scanners
  • External Hard Drives and Flash Memory sticks
  • Digital Cameras
  • Camcorders
  • Personal Media Players
  • USB Enabled LCD Monitors and Projectors
  • PDA’s, Smartphones and Cell Phones

The possibilities are many when you can flip a switch to change computers.



2 Comments »

  1. I have a Linux device that only has ethernet.
    I’d like an adapter that would let me take
    a USB broadband modem, plug it into the adapter
    that plugs into the ethernet and have Linux
    initialize the datacomm stack on the USB modem.
    (i.e. be able to dial out primarily).

    I don’t care about sharing the USB device, and distance
    could be minimal. I’m assuming the IOGear device can’t
    handle the broadcast modem functions?

    Tx.

    Reply

    Comment by Bill — October 10, 2008 @ 5:45 am

  2. We use this to easily share a printer and scanner in our dorm. Works great.

    Reply

    Comment by Robert Law — October 15, 2008 @ 6:05 am

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