Install usbip win server

Install usbip-win server

• Prepare a linux machine as a USB/IP client (or windows usbip-win vhci client)

  • Tested on Ubuntu 16.04
  • Kernel 4.15.0-29 (USB/IP kernel module crash was observed on some other version)
  • # modprobe vhci-hcd

• Install USB/IP test certificate

  • Install driver/usbip_test.pfx (password: usbip)
  • Certificate should be installed into
    1. "Trusted Root Certification Authority" in "Local Computer" (not current user) and
    2. "Trusted Publishers" in "Local Computer" (not current user)

• Enable test signing

  • > bcdedit.exe /set TESTSIGNING ON
  • reboot the system to apply

• Copy usbip.exe, usbipd.exe, usb.ids, usbip_stub.sys, usbip_stub.inx into a folder in target machine

  • You can find usbip.exe, usbipd.exe, usbip_stub.sys in output folder after build or on release page.
  • userspace/usb.ids
  • driver/stub/usbip_stub.inx

Testing

• Find a USB device id
  • You can get device id from usbip listing
    • > usbip.exe list -l
  • Bus id is always 1. So output from usbip.exe listing is shown as:

usbip.exe list -l
 - busid 1-59 (045e:00cb)
   Microsoft Corp. : Basic Optical Mouse v2.0 (045e:00cb)
 - busid 1-30 (80ee:0021)
   VirtualBox : USB Tablet (80ee:0021)

• Bind an USB device to usbip stub

  • This command replaces an existing function driver with an usbip stub driver
    • This should be executed using administrator privilege
    • usbip_stub.inx and usbip_stub.sys files should be in the same folder as usbip.exe
  • > usbip.exe bind -b 1-59

• Run usbipd.exe

  • > usbipd.exe -d -4 - TCP port 3240 should be allowed by firewall
  • -d: enable debugging output
  • -4: running with IPv4

• Attach USB/IP device from an usbip client

  • # usbip attach -r <usbip server ip> -b 1-59