Remote access of peripheral device connected to serial bus

A method comprising:

• receiving from an application computer program running on a local computing device by a serial driver for a hardware serial component of the local computing device, a communication for a peripheral device of a remote computing device, the peripheral device connected to the remote computing device over a serial bus of the remote computing device;
• wrapping, by the serial driver, the communication within a network packet;
• sending, by the serial driver to a network driver for a hardware network component of the local computing device, the network packet within which the communication has been wrapped, the hardware network component connecting the local computing device to a network to which the remote computing device is connected;
• in response to the network driver receiving the network packet, relaying, by the network driver, the network packet to a hardware serial component of the remote computing device by which the remote computing device is connected to the network,
• wherein the peripheral device is connected to a serial bus of the remote computing device, the remote computing device having a hardware serial component to connect the remote computing device to the peripheral device, the remote computing device having a serial driver for the hardware serial component,
• and wherein the serial driver of the remote computing device unwraps the communication from the network packet upon the remote computing device receiving the network packet and sends the communication to the peripheral device over the serial bus.

A computer program product comprising:

• a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable code embodied therein, the computer-readable code executable by a local computing device to:
• receive from an application computer program running on a local computing device by a serial driver for a hardware serial component of the local computing device, a communication for a peripheral device of a remote computing device, the peripheral device connected to the remote computing device over a serial bus of the remote computing device;
• wrap, by the serial driver, the communication within a network packet;
• send, by the serial driver to a network driver for a hardware network component of the local computing device, the network packet within which the communication has been wrapped, the hardware network component connecting the local computing device to a network to which the remote computing device is connected;
• in response to the network driver receiving the network packet, relay, by the network driver, the network packet to a hardware serial component of the remote computing device by which the remote computing device is connected to the network,
• wherein the peripheral device is connected to a serial bus of the remote computing device, the remote computing device having a hardware serial component to connect the remote computing device to the peripheral device, the remote computing device having a serial driver for the hardware serial component,
• and wherein the serial driver of the remote computing device unwraps the communication from the network packet upon the remote computing device receiving the network packet and sends the communication to the peripheral device over the serial bus.