## File: README.md

# usbipd-win

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Windows software for sharing locally connected USB devices to other machines, including Hyper-V guests and WSL 2.

## How to install

This software requires
Microsoft Windows 10 (x64 or ARM64) / Microsoft Windows Server 2019, version 1809 or newer;
it does not depend on any other software.

Run the installer (.msi) from the [latest release](https://github.com/dorssel/usbipd-win/releases/latest)
on the Windows machine where your USB device is connected.

Alternatively, use the Windows Package Manager:

```powershell
winget install usbipd
```

This will install:

- A service called `usbipd` (display name: USBIP Device Host).\
  You can check the status of this service using the Services app from Windows.
- A command line tool `usbipd`.\
  The location of this tool will be added to the `PATH` environment variable.
- A firewall rule called `usbipd` to allow all local subnets to connect to the service.\
  You can modify this firewall rule to fine tune access control.

> [!NOTE]
> If you are using a third-party firewall, you may have to reconfigure it to allow
> incoming connections on TCP port 3240.

## How to use

> [!TIP]
> See the [wiki](https://github.com/dorssel/usbipd-win/wiki/Enable-Tab-Completion) on how to enable tab completion
for PowerShell.

### Share Devices

By default devices are not shared with USBIP clients.
To lookup and share devices, run the following commands with administrator privileges:

```powershell
usbipd --help
usbipd list
usbipd bind --busid=
```

Sharing a device is persistent; it survives reboots.

> [!TIP]
> See the [wiki](https://github.com/dorssel/usbipd-win/wiki/Tested-Devices) for a list of tested devices.

### Connecting Devices

Attaching devices to a client is non-persistent. You will have to re-attach after a reboot,
or when the device resets or is physically unplugged/replugged.

#### Non-WSL 2

From another (possibly virtual) machine running Linux, use the `usbip` client-side tool:

```bash
usbip list --remote=<HOST>
sudo usbip attach --remote=<HOST> --busid=
```

> [!NOTE]
> Client-side tooling exists for other operating systems such as Microsoft Windows, but not as part of this project.

#### WSL 2

You can attach the device from within Windows with the following command, which does not require administrator privileges:

```powershell
usbipd attach --wsl --busid=
```

> [!TIP]
> Update WSL 2 with `wsl --update` to get the latest kernel, which supports most USB devices.
> See the [wiki](https://github.com/dorssel/usbipd-win/wiki/WSL-support) on how to add drivers
> for USB devices that are not supported by the default WSL 2 kernel.

### GUI

See the [wiki](https://github.com/dorssel/usbipd-win/wiki/Graphical-User-Interfaces)
for a list of GUI and IDE integration tools in case you prefer that over a CLI.

## How to remove

Uninstall via Add/Remove Programs or via Settings/Apps.

Alternatively, use the Windows Package Manager:

```powershell
winget uninstall usbipd
```

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## File: Usbipd/WSL/README.md

# WSL binaries

The `usbip` binaries were built using the helper project [`usbipd-win-wsl`](https://github.com/dorssel/usbipd-win-wsl).

The `usbip-auto-attach` binaries were built using the helper project
[`usbip-auto-attach`](https://github.com/andrewleech/usbip-auto-attach) by [Andrew Leech](https://github.com/andrewleech).