On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 5:00 PM, Stroller <strol...@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> wrote: > > On 7 Oct 2009, at 22:08, Alex Schuster wrote: > >> Stroller writes: >> >>> On 7 Oct 2009, at 18:38, Alex Schuster wrote: >>>> >>>> Rohit writes: >>>>> >>>>> I have seen a cable and a box (USB powered only) which used to make >>>>> drives of one machine available to the other. >>>>> It was available from scan.co.uk - 2 years back. >>>> >>>> I didn't find it there, but now that I looked for such a thing I >>>> think I found a similar one. Thanks! Linux is not being mentioned, but >>>> at least it says there are no drivers needed. I wonder how it would be >>>> possible that two system use the system at the same time. >>>> As the cable is cheap, I think I'll just get one and try it. >>> >>> Do you have a link for this, please? >> >> Only in German: >> http://www.pearl.de/a-PE187-1414.shtml?query=USB data link >> >> It says there is no driver or software installation necessary. When >> connected, a data transfer program will open automatically. Does this mean >> there is some program that is executed automatically when connecting, or >> is >> this just the usual Windows feature that opens a new drive and shows its >> contents? >> >>> I'm very unclear how this could be achieved without drivers. >> >> Me too, after some thinking I believe this will not be what I need. How >> would the cable know the location where to store data it receives from the >> other client? > > I'm not able to answer any of your questions, but I've seen similar products > advertised before which were clearly 2 USB network adaptors - like this > <http://ledshoppe.com/Product/com/CA3005.htm> - in a single cable. In fact, > looking up that example I found the same store explicitly selling exactly as > I describe: <http://ledshoppe.com/Product/com/CA3004.htm>. > > In this case the "no drivers needed" would suggest to me that the drivers > are installed by default under XP.
And also "no drivers needed" does not mean "no software needed" :) I googled around and seems most common with these cables is a program called PC-Linq. This page has a link to download (maybe it works in WINE?) and a screenshot: http://www.georgedillon.com/freeware/pclinq.shtml
