On 06/24/2018 06:48 PM, wes wrote:
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I've just ordered one so I can play with it for a bit myself. Perhaps at
the next Linux Clinic, if we have time, we can invite Richard to
participate remotely.
Should be "educational" ;/
I know of the existence of software, but have never attempted using.
What software is used? Is there a good tutorial for someone coming to it
cold?
I also found the following writeups of people doing similar things with
this device:
http://paulswasteland.blogspot.com/2014/01/getting-prolific-pl-2501-based-usb-to.html
https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-networking-3/host-to-host-cable%3B-no-usb0-779573/
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/516923
https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=131042
The last one suggests that it "just works" - the previous 3 are older and
talk about requiring a patch to a kernel module to get this cable to work.
We don't really know what Richard's particular situation is.
The last one triggered some searches and following a mish-mash of links.
I saw multiple mention of "USBNET" but I don't any Debian references
although the are Ubuntu related links.
When searching Synaptic separately for Avahi and zeroconf I do have
several modules installed. Am I missing a particular module. I'm
currently running Debian 9 but don't have the DVD set. I have a Debian 8
set and will do a less minimalist install.
I also suspect that I need to use an older version to math what various
references were using. I suspect that change of device naming
conventions is muddying the waters - I've DVD sets going back to Squeeze.
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