PlugableUSB 2.0 Sharing Switch for One-Button USB Device Port Sharing Between Two Computers (A/B Dual Computer Switch)

This is exactly what I was looking for. I’ve actually (easily) paired it with the Plugable 3.0 universal docking station to share two monitors, keyboard and mouse between two computers. Easy. Fantastic.

I was surprised at the quality of this device due to it's low price. It came packaged quite securely and is a good, solid little unit. I have it connected to 2 PCs and a cheap 4-port USB hub and it all works like a charm. I can press the button to switch between computers, or if I shut one computer down it automatically switches to the other. Extremely impressed with Plugable's quality and would purchase their devices again.

Nowadays, many of us like to have everything "wireless", especially peripherals, like printers, so they can be shared. I have two laptops that I use in my home and everything is wireless and shared except for my Epson scanner. I could have purchased a wireless scanner but couldn't justify the extra cost for my needs at that time.Now, I want to share this scanner with my second laptop located across the room. At first, I looked into wireless devices, like print servers. Over the last 20 years I've had several and none of them worked well. The connection was either unreliable or communication was only one way or something else that ultimately resulted in getting rid of them. I usually had too much trouble setting them up and there wasn't a good manual or support. So, here we go again, I thought!Before purchasing this switch, I was looking at a $70 I/O Gear wireless unit that had less than stellar reviews. But, it was cheap. Searching for just a "USB switch", I came across this unit and purchased and it works just fine. I did take it apart to look at the quality. The solder joints and everything else looks fine. In the past, I've found that some cheap devices, like cheap USB hubs, simply don't work reliably and have poor workmanship. Here, this IS just a switch, but there are some R's and C's in addition which says there was some engineering design.The unit comes with two identical USB cables, one to connect the peripheral to the switch, and one to connect the switch to the PC where you had connected the peripheral initially. You have supply the third cable which runs from the switch to the second device. As it turned out, I had to use extra long USB cables, which I already had, to connect the switch to the two PC's. Using long USB cables can be "iffy" if they are not of good electrical quality.During initial hookup, I had some problems with the computers recognizing that the USB peripheral had been connected (the driver did not load). Restarting the computers fixed this. I don't know how all this works, but I have observed that sometimes a USB connection (driver loading) will not occur after it has been unloaded without a PC restart. I was initially concerned that simply switching form one computer to the other would require a restart which you switched back to the first PC. But, this was not the case.So, for once, a 5 minute job was a 5 minute job!

Funciona bien. A veces al conmutar entre ordenadores, tengo que volver a pulsar el interruptor para que me coja el USB.Me hubiera gustado que el interruptor fuera un poco mas robusto.

Un produit simple qui fait le travail.Je partage actuellement mon clavier et ma souris (avec un hub usb en plus) avec mon pc fixe et mon macbook pro.