On Thursday, 21 January 2021 10:17:49 GMT Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> > USB Networking works extremely well.
>
> ...
>
> > traffic has still to be carried over USB and then be converted to
> > TCP/IP in the Adaptor.
>
> So to clarify, it isn't USB networking. It's wired Ethernet or Wi-Fi
> networking with one of those network interface being connected to the Pi
> locally over USB.
>
> USB networking would be USB all the way down. :-)
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet_over_USB
Ralph,
You are guilty of selective quoting. :-)
When I referred to USB Networking, I was talking about the technique described
in your link. I have two Pis in the new Minster installation and they are
connected together over USB without an Ethernet Adaptor at either end. Once
configured at one end, both Pis gain a usb0 interface, which can be treated as
a network interface. No WiFi, no Ethernet Adaptor.
As it happens one of the Pis has a WiFi Adaptor to link to the WMT Network
(which does not support USB networking and would need a very long USB cable if
it did).
In you second quote, I was simply comparing the (assumed) performance of USB
Networking and Ethernet in that scenario.
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