Olga Weis Last updated Nov 27, 2020 If you are wondering if it’s possible to access your USB peripherals remotely, the answer is yes. You can easily connect to an external hard drive, scanner, webcam or even a security dongle from a remote computer with the help of TeamViewer or by using a dedicated software called FlexiHub.
What makes Remote USB efficient is the USB port redirection technology it uses. Thanks to this advanced technology, the app can work with USB devices of virtually any type and over any distance.
What’s also nice is that FlexiHub works on Windows, Linux, Android, and macOS, so you can easily create cross-platform connections and share devices even more efficiently.
If you choose to use TeamViewer to share USB, the first thing you need to remember is that all of your computers should be connected to the same network. The other requirement is to install the software on all systems that will take part in the connection. These include remote systems you want to control and the master station from which you will control the remote machines.
Now, let’s select a device for sharing. It should be mentioned that most often users try to remotely connect to storage devices, as it may be really inconvenient to constantly unplug your USB flash drives or external hard drives in order to connect them to another computer.
Of course, you can buy more devices or use a wireless hard drive but this doesn’t seem to be the optimal solution to the problem. Instead, you can use a program like TeamViewer helping access remote USB devices with just a few mouse clicks.
Here’s a simple guide on how to access USB using TeamViewer:
As a result, you’ll see how simple it is to use TeamViewer with USB redirector capabilities in order to make remote USB devices accessible over the network. What’s more, by running TeamViewer on a laptop or a tablet, you get even more options to control your remote USB devices from any place in your house.