Abstract: The invention is to provide a remote control method and apparatus for USB host, the method comprising: converting a first data of USB specification to a data format suitable to be transmitted through a wired/wireless (W/WL) local area network (LAN) at an USB host so as to transmit the converted first data from the host to a remote client; converting the converted first data to a data format of USB specification at the remote client for enabling the converted first data of USB specification to be transmitted to an USB-enable device by way of a USB device. The remote control apparatus for USB host employs the remote client as an W/WL LAN intermediate between the host and an USB device such that it can achieve longer cable runs.