Dnia poniedziałek, 29 października 2012 o 15:37:08 Ming Lei napisał(a): > On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 7:04 PM, Marek Floriańczyk > > <marek.florianczyk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi all > > > > I need to connect two computers and exchange data through usb cable. I > > have googled the subject and all I know so far is that it is impossible > > with straightforward approach and inadvisable. However I need it. > > > > I do wrote some soft to read/write from usb device with libusb or with > > hidapi and it works. I'm aware that two computers are both "hosts" and > > direct connection between them is not possible. > > > > There is however something like USB Bridge cable, usually sold with some > > software for windows computers to exchange data, so I understand that > > this USB bridge cable provides an interface that is visible as a device > > on both computers, right? > > This is actually my question, if there is anyone who has expierience with > > that cable or this approach. > > I remember that I saw this kind of cable, from which both usb hosts can > recognize the 'cable' as one usbnet device, see below link: > > http://www.virtualblueness.net/USB-guide-1.0.10/x573.html Probably you are refering to something like this: http://www.telecommander.com/pics/links/cables/net- linqusbnetworkbridgecablert/net-linqusbnetworkbridgecablert.htm or this: http://www.usbgear.com/link/index.html or this: http://www.interloper.com/products/product- details.php?productid=50310022&cat=50 Of course driver must be specifically writen to emulate ethernet device or something else. I would like to know if anyone has attempted to write anything using this kind of cable and libusb. best regards Marek -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
