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Universal Serial Bus, an industry standard for serial communication.

The Universal Serial Bus is an industry standard for serial communication, defining:

  • connectors
  • protocols
  • cables

Originally developed to have a standard for connecting devices to computers.

More info on usb.org and wikipedia.

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How to monitor dm-crypt on unreliable external hard disk?

I have an external USB drive, which - for whatever reason - sometimes drops out unrecoverably. Probably due to faulty cables or something. On this I have a LUKS partition. dmesg reports Buffer I/O error on dev dm-0, logical block 0, lost sync page…
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VPN access with Junos Pulse Linux client + eToken?

Does anyone know whether the Junos PulseSecure client for Linux (5.3+) can use a USB token for VPN authentication, e.g., via pkcs11? I'm using a SafeNet (Aladdin) eToken 5110 on Windows. My impression from trying the Linux client is that it doesn't…
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RS232 to USB extension cable to network configuration

I'm not sure this is the correct place for this question. I have a console cable to configure network devices like switches (https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41LDstMTA5L.jpg) So, I want to make an extension cable with an RS232…
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Pause input counters incrementing when imaging a device through USB NIC

We keep running into issues with trying to image devices using a usb-e1000 NIC. It will get the OS on there, but then once that happens the "pause input" counter on the switch begins to increment and the imaging job fails out. This is when using a…
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Why does udevadm not provide me a disk serial number when hdparm can?

Compare: root@home:~# hdparm -I /dev/sdb | grep Serial Serial Number: WCJ025C8 Transport: Serial, ATA8-AST, SATA 1.0a, SATA II Extensions, SATA Rev 2.5, SATA Rev 2.6, SATA Rev 3.0 root@home:~# to: root@home:~# udevadm info -a…
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Active Directory USB access disobeying GPO

I am the administrator of a company and recently I created an Active Directory with Windows Server 2012 R2 and windows 7 computers as clients . I have a Group Policy on all users to disable usb storage…
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How to prevent access to USB (non storage) device for specific program in Windows?

I need to prevent access to one USB device in Windows Server 2008 so that certain application doesn't see it at all. The application runs as Windows service which can be started with specified user privileges. So hiding the USB device from user…
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Add Switchable Encrypted USB Backup Drive to Windows Server

So my boss has decided that she wants a backup USB drive for a Windows Server 2008, but it needs 2 features... HIPPA grade encryption. She wants it to be switchable. She wants 2 USB drives, one on her at all times and the other plugged in and…
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Are the tty parameters stored somewhere when using screen?

Here is the story: From a fresh install of ubuntu I use a serial to usb device. screen /dev/ttyUSB0 everything goes fine and I can interact with the device perfectly. Then I unplug this device, plug another one (a 3g modem). Again screen…
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XenServer 7 - Duplicate the USB stick?

I have installed XenServer 7 on an usb stick like it's quite common with Esxi. I used my 64Gb stick thinking it will only use the required space and that I will be able to duplicate it later on a smaller key (with CloneZilla). Problem, it has spawn…
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Ubuntu Server 16 LTS no usb 2.0

After installation Ubuntu Server 16 LTS, there is no usb 2.0. I can not connect mouse, keyboard, disc, pendrive e.t.c. On usb 3.0 it works. Motherboard - new Gigabyte - GA-970A-DS3P
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ESXi USB passthrough not working for Windows 2012R2 guest

A USB device (Feitian HID dongle) is physically attached to a VMWare ESXi host (5.1.0). The USB dongle is configured in passthrough mode for a Windows 2012 R2 (VMWare Level 8) host. The Windows host does not "see" it - it doesn't appear in device…
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Using an LTE Dongle on a router's USB port

I know there are routers which support LTE/3G dongles (like the FRITZ!box by AVM). But if I have got a router, which officially does not suppport these dongles, but has got USB ports for NAT storage, can it support LTE/3G dongles with the correct…
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How to dump usb stick with corrupt partition table?

Question at the bottom. When I insert the 8GB usb stick I get this in dmesg [168699.879019] usb 1-4: new high-speed USB device number 24 using ehci-pci [168699.994177] usb 1-4: New USB device found, idVendor=1f75, idProduct=0917 [168699.994181] usb…
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How to install USB-to-Ethernet Adapter on Windows Server 2012

I am having problems installing a USB-to-Ethernet (model HB-T66) on my HP ProLiant ML310e Gen8 v2 server (Intel Xeon) running Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard. In Device Manager, the device appears at "Other Devices" as "USB 2.0 10/100M Ethernet…
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