Dennis, My laptop has an Ethernet port on it. What would be involved in using that? I don't mean to be stupid. Using the USB for simply power, as you say.
I'm running Windows 10 64-bit 19.09 with all patches. Thanks On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 10:52 PM Dennis Lee Bieber < dennis.l.bie...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, 13 Feb 2020 17:51:44 -0800 (PST), in > gmane.comp.hardware.beagleboard.user KenUnix > <ken.unix.guy-re5jqeeqqe8avxtiumw...@public.gmane.org> wrote: > > > > > >*I tried installing the BONE_D64.exe drivers but all came back with red > >X's. I rebooted* > > > > What came back "red X's"? > > I'd suggest opening the device manager (admin privileges needed), > looking for any entry with an alert icon, and maybe deleting those devices. > > I'm pretty certain the BONE_D64.exe drivers don't need to be > explicitly > loaded -- I think Win10 can find a compatible driver online, automatically. > At least, I don't recall running that installer on my system when I had to > rebuild it for Win10. > > With a BBB booted, I show a "Linux File-Stor Gadget USB Device" > under > Disk Drives. Under Network Adapters I have a "Linux USB Ethernet/RNDIS > Gadget". I do have a "CDC ECM" item under "other devices" with a !-triangle > which says no driver is available for it. I suspect the "CDC ECM" device is > associated with the 192.168.6.2 address used on Mac connections. > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNDIS > """ > The USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) defines at least three non-proprietary > USB communications device class (USB CDC) protocols with comparable > "virtual Ethernet" functionality; one of them (CDC-ECM) predates RNDIS and > is widely used for interoperability with non-Microsoft operating systems, > but does not work with Windows. > """ > > > Personally -- I don't use the USB network connection; I prefer a > CAT-5 > (or better) cable to a high-speed switch connected to my Uverse "modem". > Otherwise the BBB can't get to the outside world unless one configures > "internet connection sharing" and any needed openings in the Windows > firewall. I'm only using the USB to provide power as I have too many > wall-warts in use already -- I have one, if not two, power strips plugged > into my rather large UPS just to get room for wall warts. > > > > > -- > Dennis L Bieber > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/beagleboard/QBTe4BoyF1c/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/bp4c4fhjrq6uvscp2nup0va1ah8ctftemg%404ax.com > . > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/CAJXSPs8HbeFJHVpJ_48HNKW%2Bn1J9hKGu-a-h7HSv8r%3D8oCjN1g%40mail.gmail.com.
