Client hardware - USB ports

[Guest Jarryd]

Hi,

 

I have had to purchase a new PC for a user and it shipped with Vista. I

checked out the compatibility issues and the only problem was Cisco VPN

Client V.4 which the user needs to connect to Head Office. Cisco have

release an updated client, V.5, which is compaitible with Vista so I figured

no problem. However HO have said that there is something else that would

cause a problem - the USB Access Token (eToken). So I figured cool, I have

spare TS CALS knocking about I'll just sort this out like that. Now I have

hit another stumbling block - redirecting the client's hardware USB port to

the TS session. Is this possible - please say that it is, please, please,

please!

 

TIA,

 

Jarryd

[Guest Vera Noest [MVP]]

Re: Client hardware - USB ports

 

It depends on how exactly you are using the USB drive.

 

The general rule is: if your client treats whatever is connected to

your USB port as a local drive, and you have enabled redirection of

local drives in your rdp connection, then an USB drive is not

treated differently from any other local drive.

 

Also make sure that the TS has local drive redirection enabled:

Terminal Services Configuration - Connections - RDP-tcp - Client

Settings

Uncheck the box for "Disable the following: Drive mapping"

(this is the default setting).

 

Keyboards, printers and drives connected to the USB port can be

redirected thanks to Device Level redirection. However, Port level

redirection is *not* supported on TS.

 

For an explanation of Device versus Port Level redirection, see

Citrix KB article CTX816193 - USB Support in MetaFrame Products,

which applies to Citrix PS 3.0 and native Windows 2003 Terminal

Services.

http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX816193

 

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Vera Noest

MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net

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"Jarryd" <jarryd@community.nospam> wrote on 04 dec 2007 in

microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> Hi,

>

> I have had to purchase a new PC for a user and it shipped with

> Vista. I checked out the compatibility issues and the only

> problem was Cisco VPN Client V.4 which the user needs to connect

> to Head Office. Cisco have release an updated client, V.5,

> which is compaitible with Vista so I figured no problem.

> However HO have said that there is something else that would

> cause a problem - the USB Access Token (eToken). So I figured

> cool, I have spare TS CALS knocking about I'll just sort this

> out like that. Now I have hit another stumbling block -

> redirecting the client's hardware USB port to the TS session.

> Is this possible - please say that it is, please, please,

> please!

>

> TIA,

>

> Jarryd