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Review on πŸ“‘ Efficiently Connect & Share Data with DS-600 Gigabit USB 3.0 High Throughput Device Server by Bart Schwalbe

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Good performance, but cannot be used over the Internet

Pros: Configuration and client software are solid, consistent, and easy to understand. You really get product support by contacting Silex and someone who can answer technical questions. The device allows multiple computers on the local network to share one of our USB software dongles and also allows me to set up various things. Hardware Computers and communications equipment (Motorola XPR4550 radio, XPR/SLR repeaters, etc., except Hytera repeaters). Cons: I wanted to host some in remote offices connected to the internet through local and remote firewalls. While this allowed logging into the device for setup, USB hardware keys (and probably anything else) were not recognized by the desktop app (it showed a network error). Even after forwarding all the ports that Silex used on the local network. However, Silex never claimed it would work - I just wanted to make sure. It works over a bridged VPN connection where both networks share a broadcast domain. As of October 2018, there are no off-the-shelf devices for this other than using RasberryPI and VirtualHere CloudHub. This product looks just as reliable as Silex. Since you need to connect your device with Internet access yourself, Silex may consider changing its protocol to allow this.

Pros
  • Networking products
Cons
  • Not the best