IOGear GCS1716 Installation Manual page 31

USB Peripheral Devices
The front panel USB port is available to connect a USB peripheral device such as a flash drive, CD-ROM
drive, printer, etc. Any computer connected to the GCS1716 can access the USB peripheral on a one
at-a-time basis. The peripheral device is available to computers connected to the GCS1716 on the same
level only, and is not available to computers connected to cascading switches.
The USB peripheral device is automatically detected on the target computer when switching ports. For
example, when switching from a computer connected to port 1 to a computer connected to port 2, the
peripheral device automatically disconnects from the computer on port 1 and connects to the computer
on port 2.
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