[Malvern] USB Network Cables

[Richard Forster]

Hi

I assume you mean something like this:
http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=BLU-USB20-DL&cat=CBL

rather than this:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/52599   (there are many others out there, 
I just picked the first I stumbled upon).

If so, why? I mean, the usb widgets with ethernet sockets in them work 
just fine (assuming you get the right chipset etc etc). You just plug 
them in and suddenly you have a new network card. Plus it's going to 
work whatever the OS is on each machine given things like samba or ssh.

Alternatively, if you are just moving files about then USB flash drives 
or hard drives work just fine too.

But....
My Zaurus PDA (running linux) connects using IP over USB which is 
basically the first option and it works just fine once you've set it up. 
I have a configuration file which fakes a MAC address and I assign a IP 
to it etc etc.

Cheers

Rick


Ian Pascoe wrote:
> Gents
> 
> Has anyone used, successfully, USB Network Cables to link two computers
> together?  Something akin to the old Laplink setup.
> 
> I've found plenty of M$ apps to be used with these cables, but have not
> found anything on Google to say that Linux supports these, or how to set
> them up if it does.
> 
> Just thought that this approach would be a tad easier than trying to use
> wireless to wireless between laptops especially if one or other doesn't have
> an ethernet port.
> 
> Hope everyone's still awake and living out there?
> 
> Ian
> 
> 
> 
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