Here is a quick little teaser image to see if anyone can guess what it is.
It actually has labels on it, but I obscured them to make it more of a challenge.
The pen is just to provide a clue about its size.

Here is a quick little teaser image to see if anyone can guess what it is.
It actually has labels on it, but I obscured them to make it more of a challenge.
The pen is just to provide a clue about its size.

USB DOCSIS/DSL Modem maybe? No antennas(unless you removed it), and 3 lights would be weird for that anyways, mobile networks are too new, dialup stuff is too old, so that would be the sweet spot time period wise I think.
Warming up just a bit...
Bigger clue - it has something to do with networking.
A uProcessor programming/debug device?
Some sort of a print server or modem peripheral device ?
Wow, some awesome guesses, but no cigar yet.
Another clue - besides the USB connector, there are 2 other connectors on the back.
Maybe some sort of portable gas/particle detector or recorder? Looking at the case seems pretty rugged
Perhaps a larson scanner
disc brakes for a optical drive
For some reason it looks remarkably familiar.
Some sort of scanning device ?