Product Description

2-to-1 USB 2.0 Peripheral Sharing Switch

Product Details

• Brand: Iogear
• Model: GUB211
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 1.40" h x 4.80" w x 7.70" l, .45 pounds

Features

• Automatically switch between two computers when connecting to a USB printer
• Includes easy to use software interface for Windows and Mac users
• Active port LED indicators to show which computer has USB access
• Easily shared USB device without network
• USB 2.0 High speed support and USB 1.1 backward compatible

Customer Reviews

IOGear 2-Port USB 2.0 Printer Auto Sharing Switch
It's a small part that works awesome. If you only have two CPU's sharing one printer this is it. The software is simple! It usually just runs in the background. On my laptop, I have it set up so it does not start automatically. Instead, i just click the icon when i want to print, the box comes up, click the "OK" button and print. Then I exit the program and again, it's no longer running in the background.

Very functional switch
It took a few frustrating print attempts to get used to how the switch works, but it does do its job well so no complaints now. As long as you press "switch" and then "OK" (after clicking on the icon) you should be fine. The icon is yellow or red when you start a new print job after your computer has gone to sleep, went in to shutdown mode, or released printing to another unit on the network. The icon (a large sphere like object on your dock) turns green when it's ready to go. This sounds very intuitive, but sometimes it still takes a "Switch-OK" sequence even when it's already "green."

IO Gear USB Printer Switch
I ordered this switch because I could not print out thru port 9000 on my work computer (internet printing). The only options I had were to have 2 printers or use a switch.
After a call to Tech Support and a few reboots, this switch has worked perfectly. I believe part of my issue was that the 2 computers I use have different operating systems - 1 with Vista 64bit and 1 with Windows 2000.