TCPIP connection with USB ?

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  • CHHAS
    Super MURCer
    • Jan 2000
    • 1223
    #1

    TCPIP connection with USB ?

    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 ...
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    • SteveC
      Super MURCer
      • Aug 1999
      • 3540
      #2
      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...

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        • Greebe
          Super MURCer
          • Aug 1999
          • 8555
          #3
          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
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            • Novdid
              Super MURCer
              • Nov 2000
              • 2609
              #4
              The maximum legnth of the cable in both USB 2.0 and Firewire is very short, around a couple of meters (<3m) I believe.

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                • Wombat
                  Super MURCer
                  • Aug 2000
                  • 9498
                  #5
                  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.
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                    • xortam
                      Super MURCer
                      • Sep 1999
                      • 4534
                      #6
                      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.
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                        • Gurm
                          MS Fanboy
                          • Aug 1999
                          • 11460
                          #7
                          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.

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