Share USB ports from a computer to other, Linux to Windows/Linux

I have a Compaq notebook with Linux RedHat and Windows XP, with only one USB port, and a desktop with SUSE 10 Linux, with 6 USB ports. The issue is that, I broke the notebook unique USB port!!! I found in a store a small device (USB by network) that can share any USB device to the network (10/100). And so, the crazy idea I have in mind now is: to share one of the 6 USB ports from the SUSE desktop to my notebook with Windows and Linux RedHat. Some thing like "USB by IP" protocol!!! :-) Any body has a clue about it? does it make sense?