On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 6:43 AM, Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> wrote:
> On 06/24/2018 06:48 PM, wes wrote: > >> [snip] >> >> 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? What do you normally use to copy files? Probably something similar to that. > > >> 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. > > You can probably avoid that requirement by configuring the network interfaces manually, assuming there is not some missing piece of the puzzle here. I haven't yet seen you attempt that and report results (maybe I missed it). -wes _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug