Review on IOGEAR USB-C Common Access CAC Smart Card Reader - DOD, Government, Healthcare, TAA Compliant - Mac OS, Windows, Linux Compatible - Support for V7.x and V8 - USAccess PIV - GSR205 by Paul Barnes

Name: IOGEAR USB-C Common Access CAC Smart Card Reader - DOD, Government, Healthcare, TAA Compliant - Mac OS, Windows, Linux Compatible - Support for V7.x and V8 - USAccess PIV - GSR205
Item: IOGEAR USB-C Common Access CAC Smart Card Reader - DOD, Government, Healthcare, TAA Compliant - Mac OS, Windows, Linux Compatible - Support for V7.x and V8 - USAccess PIV - GSR205
Rating: 4

October 10, 2022

Good form factor but unreliable with Mac OSX Cataline

I bought this to replace my previous CAC reader for my MacBook Pro which was not USB-C and therefore required a dongle. I was happy when I received it for the first time. It worked initially, but Mac OSX Catalina didn't recognize it about 90% of the time. Rebooting multiple times finds the device often, but I've reverted to my previous dongle reader. Technical support does not help. The device seems to work well with Windows, so if you have a Windows PC and USBC it might be a good buy, but if you have a Mac I'd say don't waste your time on this.

Pros

Good product for its price

Cons

Ok

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