[SLUG] LAN

Stephen O'Neill soneill84 at yahoo.co.uk
Fri Jul 13 09:23:11 BST 2007


Roy Hainsworth wrote:
> Advice needed,
> What's the easiest way to connect my Win XP m/c to my Linux Suse m/c as 
> a small nerwork, including "Broadband"? I have no Lan cards installed 
> and don't want the expence of "wireless" I have seen USB - USB bridging 
> data cables, but can't find out if they work between the OSs.
> any ideas?


I have no experience of usb-usb bridging, if it's anything like getting 
usb modems to work under linux then you're in for a whole lot of fun.

The cost of 2 lan cards would dwarf the amount of time I would image you 
will spend trying to get the usb solution configured.

Steve O




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