TCPIP connection with USB ?

[CHHAS]

Is there any way to make a TCP/IP connection between 2 PCs using USB ?

I think this could be very interesting with USB2, that 480Mbit bandwidth is almost begging to be used ...

[SteveC]

You can get USB link cables for USB v1 - Basically a soap-on-a-rope cable (USB cable with a blob in the middle with some electronics in it) - gives 4-8mbps.

I know you can also do it with Firewire (400mbps), but I've yet to see a USB v2 one...

[Greebe]

Would work for very short distances, but the version 2 spec still doesn't address the line length limitation of USB 1.2 (.3 ?)... which is truely sad cause we all wanted that more so than additional bandwidth IMHO

[Novdid]

The maximum legnth of the cable in both USB 2.0 and Firewire is very short, around a couple of meters (<3m) I believe.

[Wombat]

I've seen dongles that let you plug CAT-5 into USB ports. Guys at work have used it for a hundred feet or so to do home networking.

[xortam]

My new Linksys router provides one USB port. I thought it would be handy to have when a visitor brings over a laptop w/o a NIC. I didn't look for multiple USB port hubs or switches.

[Gurm]

Yeah, my USB DSL modem will actually accept one USB and one CAT5, that's a nifty little trick to run two computers on the same modem... hehe.

They make USB NICs as well...

But you're so much better off just using your NIC.

- Gurm