The Silex DS-510 is designed to easily connect and share USB devices over a network. Printers, Scanners, Disk Drives, Card Readers, or virtually any other USB device can be now be enabled with network capability. It allows flexibility to place the USB device anywhere on the network instead of needing to be attached directly to the computer, and multiple users can access the USB device. Feature and Benefits High-Performance data throughput due to optimized performance and gigabit connection. When the device server is not used, the power supply to the USB bus is turned off to save energy. This device is ideal for virtual environments and Citrix Ready certified.