hi
curious to know what could result from a USB TO USB connection
On 4/5/06, Pavan T C <Pavan.Chandrashekar at sun.com> wrote:
> Venky wrote:
> > This won't be straightforward since USB uses a master-slave topology
> > and needs a host controller. It is not symmetric peer-to-peer.
>
> Rightly said.
>
> AFAIK, you cannot connect two USB controllers the way you do with serial
> ports. There are a couple of ways to go about what you are trying to do,
> but none of them with just a cable. This is just for information and
> might not be in the direction of what you intend to do.
>
> There are a couple of USB devices which present serial and networking
> interfaces.
>
> 1. There are a host of USB to serial devices (Keyspan, Prolific,
> Edgeport are examples of popular manufacturers of the same) which have a
> USB interface on one side and present one or more serial interface(s) on
> the other.
>
> 2. There are USB NICs (Network Interface Cards) where in you can plug in
> this device to the USB port on your PC, and you can connect the normal
> "ethernet cable" (with the RJ45 connector) to this device.
>
> Try them out if you get an opportunity.
>
> Pavan
>
> > There are some networking products which allow direct USB to USB
> > connection capabilities. Should be interesting to try these out and
> > expore the options available. Let us know if you are seriously
> > considering this and I'll see if I can hook you up with some USB
> > gurus here.
> >
> > By the way, _never_ connect two computers directly with a USB cable!
> >
> > Venky.
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 06:32:14PM +0100, ram kumar.c wrote:
> >
> >>hi is it possible to communicate 2 system using usb
> >>pore(like serial port in olden days) in solaris if no
> >>we can try
> >> c.ramkumar
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