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June 28th, 2004 18:00
PC to PC via USB ... ???
I have a Dimension XPS T500 (upgraded to 1.4 GHz Tualatin) and have just ordered an 8400 ... Will it be possible to just stick a USB 2.0 card from one to the other and have a network appear on both, or do I need a specific USB to USB networking cable (I've seen these on the net, but wondered if they are actually necessary).
One PC is Win 2000 Pro and other will be XP Home SP1 or else Win 2000 Pro.
Multi Boot: DOS+Win 3.1/Win 2000 Professional(SP4)/Win 98SE
XPS T500 - Upgraded to 1.4GHz Celeron (Powerleap)
BIOS A11
448 Mb
13.6 Gb IBM 371360, 7200rpm
Maxtor UATA card
40Gb Maxtor
80Gb Maxtor
19" FP1901 (17" Dell P790 as a backup)
Plextor PX-708UF external USB 2.0 DVD rewriter
Hitachi DVD 8x
Plexwriter 16/10/40A
SoundBlaster live! 1024
Cinemaster Hardware Decoder
SideWinder ForceFeedback II
GeForce2 GTS (32Mb)
Iomega Zip 250Mb USB
Canon BJC 2100
Trust AMI 250SP Wireless Optical Mouse
Belkin 6 port USB hub
Fuji S602-Zoom
Soligor CR-106 Six in one card reader
And 8400 on the way !!!
Thanks,
CmA
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June 28th, 2004 18:00
What's the difference? As in will I have access to share resources (eg modem, printer) and files/disks?
Do you have the name of such a product and I could look that up to get an idea?
Thanks.
JOKERSWILD
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June 28th, 2004 18:00
http://www.mct.com.tw/prod/usb20-netlink.html
Here's a link to usb network cables.
volcano11
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June 28th, 2004 18:00
You can connect 2 computers together with a USB cable, but it has to be a special cable, it has to come with software that will enable the connection, and it will not be the same as a regular network connection between the two computers.
Steve
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June 28th, 2004 19:00
Yes, this should work just fine.
Steve
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June 28th, 2004 19:00
Colm,
Generally, the USB cable and software will allow you to transfer files, but it will not act like a network in the sense that you can run internet connection sharing or share a printer. To do this you would have to install an ethernet card in each computer (about $10 each here in the U.S.) and connect them with a cross-over cable (about $8 here in the U.S.).
Steve
CmA
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June 28th, 2004 19:00
I have a DLink DWL-122 wireless adaptor in the XPS T, and I think you have just convinced me to get the same for the 8400. This allows for peer to peer ad-hoc wireless networking, which, although slow on this specific adaptor (11Mbps), will be fine for internet and printer sharing, along with the odd file transfer ... Am I right in thinking this will work ... It does to my iPaq!!!
I really appreciate the help ... I would have gone out and gotten USB without your info.
CmA
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June 28th, 2004 19:00