On Sunday, 2 September 2018 07:35:07 BST tuxic@posteo.de wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> my 3D-orinter is in another room and I want to check its progress
> more often than to go to the next room to check it... :)
> 
> My Rasperberry Pi Zero W is technically able to connect to the printer
> via USB and it is possible to connect via WiFi to the Rasperberry in
> the "next room" from "this room".
> 
> This way I am able to flash the firmware of the printer.
> 
> There is OctoPrint to do the kind of stuff I want...but
> it is (for me) to feature rich and I think my Rasperberry
> is a little bit weak CPU-wise.
> 
> Is it possible to "forward" the USB-port on my Rasperberry via Wifi
> so I can do all software related stuff on my PC ?
> 
> Cheers!
> Meino

You probably want to take a look at enabling:

CONFIG_USBIP_CORE

Then have a look at your:

/usr/src/linux/Documentation/usb/usbip_protocol.txt

-- 
Regards,
Mick