Gus Wirth wrote: > James G. Sack (jim) 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? > > Doesn't work that way. Already answered in subsequent posts. > >> And, what conceivably might PC-USB-PC be used for with appropriate >> software added? >> >> - NFS over USB? >> - more ways to share storage? >> - terminal emulation? > > Possible but not efficient nor cost effective. The USB protocols have > horrible overhead so you don't get nearly the advertised bandwidth. You > would be much better off using a crossover ethernet cable (regular works > for gigabit) and just running regular ethernet. Also much safer because > the ethernet is transformer isolated and you don't run the risk of > ground loops or cross-circuiting the power supplies. Plus your > connection length can be much longer. > > Cheap PCI gigabit boards (RealTek for example) are available at Fry's > for about $7 when on sale. Most new machines have it built in already.
Oh Durn! I was thinking that terminal emulation might be fun. I suppose I _could_ get a pair of usb-to-serial(rs232) adapters? But that seems like a step backward! ;-) Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
