Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 23 Apr 1998 22:12:46 +0200 (MET DST) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: USB Networking? |
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On Thu, 23 Apr 1998, Philip Gladstone wrote:
How about building a small & cheap USB mini-hub? If USB was expensive, it wouldn't be used for keyboards, mice, etc...
> Unfortunately this is not (yet) possible as the host end is > different to the device end. You would need a smart cable > that would connect the two host ends together. Such a cable is > being worked on, but it won't be cheap -- in particular a pair > of cheap 100Mbit ethernet cards with a crossover cable will > probably be cheaper. > > Matt Nelson wrote: > > > > i know very little about network protocols, and even less about that USB > > thingy that comes standard on most PC's these days, but a thought occured > > to me: > > > > would it be possible to use USB for networking? from what i've heard, the > > speed of USB is similar to 10 Mbit ethernet. if this idea could work, > > then our PC's could be networked w/out having to buy NIC's.
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