Remote Access to another LAN network (#VLAN) through a USB/Ethernet adapter

Hi Guys,

I guess some of you have already faced the situation where you have to connect two LAN networks remotely and you were told that it is not possible, not easily at least (Actually you could do it with an extra router on the LAN and by adding an extra route to the PC).

What I propose instead is to use a USB/Ethernet adapter from your choice that you gonna connect to the Ewon Cosy USB port, like this one



In this case, eCatcher will simply detect a new USB device accessible remotely.

If you click "Connect" your PC will be connected to this new IP network as if the USB/Ethernet adapter was plugged directly to the PC.





This solution looks quite sexy for me as the PC will even be in the same network as the remote device, so we may hope to get less troubles with devices requiring broadcasting or bridging.



Here we can see that I can connect a Flexy connected to my USB/Ethernet adapter and I can even see it with eBuddy (that uses UDP broadcast packets)




However, I guess that you may have a slower connection as the USB encapsulation may add some delay.
I have just tested a ping and the ping time was the same though the USB/IP and outside the USB/IP...

Please share your point of view or experiences :-)

Simon

Hi Simon,
I just tried connecting a Siemens PLC S7-1200 and I'm able to go online with TIA Portal.
I'm also able to scan PLC with Siemens Proneta.

I used:
https://www.startech.com/it-it/ingressi-.../usb31000s

Ciao 
Marco

Thx for this great feedback, Marco ! :-)

This is great feedback about the services. Thank you

Hello everyone

I am trying to implement the same solution using an eWON flexy 205 with a USB card.

I am using a USB 3.0 -> Ethernet (rj45) connector: USB to RJ45 Startech Device.

I can see the USB device AX88179 same as the post by Simon before.

When i click connect, the connect turns grey (trying to connect) but after a while it just reverts to how it was before.

Really having a hard time with this and i'd like to access 2 x LANs using this method.

any help is appreciated.

I've done the basic checks of setting USBIP as enabled port 6000 etc.

The flexy has the latest firmware of 14.7s1.

Please advise

Hi,

What version of eCatcher are you using ?
I don't have the same USB/Eth device but it seems to work on Marco's PC...

Hi,

What version of eCatcher are you using ?
I don't have the same USB/Eth device but it seems to work on Marco's PC...

Hi Simon

Thanks for the prompt response. eCatcher version is 6.10.0 (latest as of 14/5/2023 i believe).

Also, here is a video of what i am doing, maybe it helps.

Thanks

Hi,

Actually, I see you do not click "Refresh" after connecting.
There is a known bug that requires to click refresh to update the USB status...
Can you try that to be sure ?

Hi,

Actually, I see you do not click "Refresh" after connecting.
There is a known bug that requires to click refresh to update the USB status...
Can you try that to be sure ?

Hi Simon

No luck. I press connect, it goes grey, i wait for 5-10 seconds, click refresh and it goes back to its original state i.e. the clickable Connect.

I then, pressed connect and waited without pressing refresh and i think after minute or so it goes back to original state.

See attached video for ref.

It is worth factory resetting the device?

Thanks

Hi,

That's bad :'(
Would it be possible to order the same as mine ? (With USB 2.0 only)

Hello Simon,

      I am trying to use a USB-Ethernet adapter but I am facing the same problem as TroX, both with Cosy131 and Flexy205. I posted the Realtime logs for both devices on this post . A few months ago (march 2023) the adapter was working perfectly on a Cosy131. Is it possible that some software update by Ewon or Microsoft is interfering with the USB gateway functionality?

Hi,

Could you open a support ticket on https://support.hms-networks.com/hc/en-us so that you can investigate together with one of the tech support engineer ? :-)

Simon

Hi Simon,

I am using Flex 205 and added the USB extension card. I have connected to the USB gateway in Ecatcher and can see the connection (Ethernet 3). However, I am unable to see the USB connection in ebuddy and unable to ping any devices.

Thanks