desktop to laptop - usb ?

I have a crossover cable going from my main pc to my backup pc and as
everything is all setup and i can surf the net and stuff on my backup pc
i dont want to touch anything .

What i want to do now is connect my main pc to a laptop .

XP main pc VISTA laptop .

To my way of thinking a usb connection that would allow me to surf the
net on the laptop via the usb connection would be the ideal situation .

So what hardware and cables do i need ? .


(ebuyer links to the suggested swag would be great)

<uk.comp.home-networking>
<Krustov>
<Fri, 23 Feb 2007 20:00:59 -0000>
<(E-Mail Removed)>

> To my way of thinking a usb connection that would allow me to surf the
> net on the laptop via the usb connection would be the ideal situation .
>

And move files from one to the other - of course :-)

In article <(E-Mail Removed)> , Krustov
(E-Mail Removed) says...
> I have a crossover cable going from my main pc to my backup pc and as
> everything is all setup and i can surf the net and stuff on my backup pc
> i dont want to touch anything .
>
> What i want to do now is connect my main pc to a laptop .
>
> XP main pc VISTA laptop .
>
> To my way of thinking a usb connection that would allow me to surf the
> net on the laptop via the usb connection would be the ideal situation .
>
To my way of thinking you should get a switch or router and a few cables
and not bother messing around with USB - it's really not suited to this
sort of application.
For a really minimal installation you could use one of these
http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/106510 which takes its power from a USB
port so you don't have to mess around with power supplies. One of the
ports is configurable as an uplink so you can use your existing
crossover cable in that, and all you'll need is a couple more Cat5
cables.

<uk.comp.home-networking>
<Rob Morley>
<Fri, 23 Feb 2007 21:19:23 -0000>
<(E-Mail Removed)>

> To my way of thinking you should get a switch or router and a few cables
> and not bother messing around with USB - it's really not suited to this
> sort of application.
> For a really minimal installation you could use one of these
> http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/106510 which takes its power from a USB
> port so you don't have to mess around with power supplies. One of the
> ports is configurable as an uplink so you can use your existing
> crossover cable in that, and all you'll need is a couple more Cat5
> cables.
>

www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/52599/rb/25560502924

Will probably get both .

On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 14:17:11 -0000, Krustov <(E-Mail Removed)> mused:

><uk.comp.home-networking>
><Rob Morley>
><Fri, 23 Feb 2007 21:19:23 -0000>
><(E-Mail Removed) >
>
>> To my way of thinking you should get a switch or router and a few cables
>> and not bother messing around with USB - it's really not suited to this
>> sort of application.
>> For a really minimal installation you could use one of these
>> http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/106510 which takes its power from a USB
>> port so you don't have to mess around with power supplies. One of the
>> ports is configurable as an uplink so you can use your existing
>> crossover cable in that, and all you'll need is a couple more Cat5
>> cables.
>>
>
>www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/52599/rb/25560502924
>
>Will probably get both .

Why?

You just want a router and 3 network cables.

Forget USB adapters etc... it makes configuration harder as well.
--
Regards,
Stuart.