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usbipd-win is a lightweight Windows service developed by Frans van Dorsselaer that exposes locally attached USB peripherals to remote or virtual machines over the network by implementing the Linux USB/IP protocol. Once installed, the utility enumerates every physical USB device on the host and makes each one selectable for sharing; an administrator can then bind a chosen device to a specific client machine running Linux, WSL 2, Hyper-V, VMware, or any other guest that supports the USB/IP kernel module. Typical use cases include attaching a physical smart-card reader to a secure VM, redirecting a locally plugged ZigBee or LoRa dongle into a development container, giving a virtual Linux build agent access to a hardware security key, or simply letting a laptop’s webcam appear inside a remote desktop session without extra cabling. The software operates entirely in user mode, requires no proprietary drivers on the client side, and preserves native USB speeds for isochronous and bulk transfers. Version 5.3.0 refines the command-line syntax, improves compatibility with Windows 11 22H2, and adds automatic re-binding after host reboot, while the broader release history spans twenty-four tagged builds that incrementally introduced ARM64 support, PowerShell completion, and detached signing of the kernel driver. usbipd-win is catalogued under the System Utilities / Network Tools category and is available for free on get.nero.com, with downloads provided via trusted Windows package sources such as winget, always delivering the latest version, and supporting batch installation of multiple applications.
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