How would I use this in linux.
Seems to be a way to use USB to create a mini network of two computers? http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=166854&CatId=0 -- ___ _ _ _ ____ _ _ _ | | | | [__ | | | |___ |_|_| ___] | \/
Carl William Spitzer IV wrote:
Seems to be a way to use USB to create a mini network of two computers?
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=166854&CatId=0
They could be emulating a serial port or ethernet port or using some proprietary connection. If you must use USB, you may be able to use a pair of USb/ethernet adapters and crossover cable.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Carl William Spitzer IV wrote:
Seems to be a way to use USB to create a mini network of two computers?
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=166854&CatId=0
Yes, and it actually works quite nicely. I have one of these here,
called "USB-LinQ" and it's handled by the "usbnet" driver:
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 067b:0000 Prolific Technology, Inc. PL2301
USB-USB Bridge
When plugged in, I can configure as a new "usb0" network interface. I am
sure you can configure it as a hotplug network device in YaST to
automatically assign an IP address when it's plugged in.
However, the throughput is quite low - USB1.1 is a dog.
Bye,
LenZ
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On June 13, 2005 12:35 pm, Carl William Spitzer IV wrote:
Seems to be a way to use USB to create a mini network of two computers?
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo= 166854&CatId=0
http://www.linux-usb.org/usbnet/ Devices that Work with "usbnet" Here's an incomplete list of devices that the usbnet driver works with. It's incomplete because Linux doesn't need to know anything specific about products (correctly) implementing the CDC Ethernet class specification. It's also incomplete because products that use specialized chips (or which reuse other product designs) may be repackaged without changing how they work. Two devices with different brand labeling (on the box and device) may look identical at the USB level. That often removes the need for driver updates, even for lower end devices that don't support the standard USB-IF CDC Ethernet class. USB Host-to-Host Cables Device Notes BAFO DirectLinq (uses PL-2301) -- Collector of vintage computers http://www.ncf.ca/~ba600 Machines to trade http://www.ncf.ca/~ba600/trade.html Open Source Weekend http://www.osw.ca
On Monday 13 June 2005 19:35, Carl William Spitzer IV wrote:
Seems to be a way to use USB to create a mini network of two computers?
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo= 166854&CatId=0
Yeah, twenty bucks, some sweat and decent speed only with USB 2.0 as opposed to: $3 a crossover ethernet cable, no sweat, 100 Mbit speed. Assuming that any modern computer already has an ethernet adapter. Even for old junk, a network card is $5. Tough choice. :-)
On Tue, 2005-06-14 at 04:33, Silviu Marin-Caea wrote:
On Monday 13 June 2005 19:35, Carl William Spitzer IV wrote:
Seems to be a way to use USB to create a mini network of two computers?
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo= 166854&CatId=0
Yeah, twenty bucks, some sweat and decent speed only with USB 2.0 as opposed to:
$3 a crossover ethernet cable, no sweat, 100 Mbit speed. Assuming that any modern computer already has an ethernet adapter. Even for old junk, a network card is $5.
Well speed is more important. So how do I use the crossover cable method? -- ___ _ _ _ ____ _ _ _ | | | | [__ | | | |___ |_|_| ___] | \/
Carl William Spitzer IV wrote:
On Tue, 2005-06-14 at 04:33, Silviu Marin-Caea wrote:
On Monday 13 June 2005 19:35, Carl William Spitzer IV wrote:
Seems to be a way to use USB to create a mini network of two computers?
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo= 166854&CatId=0 Yeah, twenty bucks, some sweat and decent speed only with USB 2.0 as opposed to:
$3 a crossover ethernet cable, no sweat, 100 Mbit speed. Assuming that any modern computer already has an ethernet adapter. Even for old junk, a network card is $5.
Well speed is more important. So how do I use the crossover cable method?
Configure the ethernet adapters, in Yast. Assign some suitable static addresses, such as 192.168.1.1 & 192.168.1.2 and use a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0, to keep things simple.
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