Carl Lowenstein wrote: > On 10/7/07, James G. Sack (jim) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I don't know why I never asked this before, but what happens if I plug >> two PCs together with a standard USB male-to-male cable? >> >> And, what conceivably might PC-USB-PC be used for with appropriate >> software added? >> >> - NFS over USB? >> - more ways to share storage? >> - terminal emulation? > > I think you can't get there from here using standard USB hardware and > associated driver software. It is somewhat analogous to connecting > two SCSI host adapters together and expecting to communicate between > them. > > For lots of information, Google "usb networking".
Following your suggestion leads (eg) to Connecting Two PCs Using an USB-USB Cable Author: Gabriel Torres Type: Tutorials http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/248 Containing one immediately interesting part: "" The first thing you should be aware of is that there are several different kinds of USB-USB cables on the market. The one used to connect two PCs is called “bridged” (or “USB networking cable”), because it has a small electronic circuit in the middle allowing the two PCs to talk to each other. There are the so-called A/A USB cables that, in spite of having two standard USB connectors at each end, don’t have a bridge chip and cannot be used to connect two PCs. In fact, if you use an A/A USB cable you can burn the USB ports of your computers or even their power supplies." """ ..*burn* doesn't appeal. Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
