usb networking

I wanted to network two computers about 6 feet apart and I purchased a
PC-Link USB transfer cable and adapter to hook into teh usb ports on both
computers. Being new to this stuff, I'm not sure if I purchased the wrong
thing. I was looking to internet share the two computers on my DSL line. I
haven't hooked them up yet. Can this be done using this USB method or is
this cable only good for file transfer?

From: "WILLIAM COOK" <(E-Mail Removed)>

| I wanted to network two computers about 6 feet apart and I purchased a
| PC-Link USB transfer cable and adapter to hook into teh usb ports on both
| computers. Being new to this stuff, I'm not sure if I purchased the wrong
| thing. I was looking to internet share the two computers on my DSL line. I
| haven't hooked them up yet. Can this be done using this USB method or is
| this cable only good for file transfer?
|

Forget about the idea !

Get a Cable/DSL Router such as the Linksys BEFSR41 and cat-5 ethernety cables and 10/100
NICS and "properly" network your computers to share data and share the one DSL WAN IP
address.

I also suggest the PRIVATE Verizon DSL News Group...

news://news.verizon.net/0.verizon.adsl


--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm

To answer your question directly, yes it should be possible. I've never
done it myself. You would plug the USB into both computers, and plug
the DSL into one of them. On that computer, you would set up a network
bridge in XP, (which is easy). The down side is the USB transfer rate
is slow and the computer with the DSL connection must be turned on for
the second computer to access the net. This is the cheap method.

But to David's idea, yes, his is better.
* Two 10/100 netcards and cables are not that expensive ($30ish)
* The router isn't that bad, ($60-80 US)
The setup guides provided with routers are fairly good. Using this
method you'll have much faster transfer rates between computers and
accessing the internet. Also, you can turn any computer off at any time
and the other will still be able to connect to the internet.

Paul


WILLIAM COOK wrote:

> I wanted to network two computers about 6 feet apart and I purchased a
> PC-Link USB transfer cable and adapter to hook into teh usb ports on both
> computers. Being new to this stuff, I'm not sure if I purchased the wrong
> thing. I was looking to internet share the two computers on my DSL line. I
> haven't hooked them up yet. Can this be done using this USB method or is
> this cable only good for file transfer?
>
>

either that or what about a crossover cat 5 between the computers and
internet connection sharing turned on in the dsl computer? simplest
solution for JUST 2 computers

KK

"Paul E Mak" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:Er-dnVyV-64N9tbfRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
> To answer your question directly, yes it should be possible. I've never
> done it myself. You would plug the USB into both computers, and plug
> the DSL into one of them. On that computer, you would set up a network
> bridge in XP, (which is easy). The down side is the USB transfer rate
> is slow and the computer with the DSL connection must be turned on for
> the second computer to access the net. This is the cheap method.
>
> But to David's idea, yes, his is better.
> * Two 10/100 netcards and cables are not that expensive ($30ish)
> * The router isn't that bad, ($60-80 US)
> The setup guides provided with routers are fairly good. Using this
> method you'll have much faster transfer rates between computers and
> accessing the internet. Also, you can turn any computer off at any time
> and the other will still be able to connect to the internet.
>
> Paul
>
>
> WILLIAM COOK wrote:
>
> > I wanted to network two computers about 6 feet apart and I purchased a
> > PC-Link USB transfer cable and adapter to hook into teh usb ports on
both
> > computers. Being new to this stuff, I'm not sure if I purchased the
wrong
> > thing. I was looking to internet share the two computers on my DSL
line. I
> > haven't hooked them up yet. Can this be done using this USB method or
is
> > this cable only good for file transfer?
> >
> >
>

Kaptain Krunch wrote:
> either that or what about a crossover cat 5 between the computers
> and internet connection sharing turned on in the dsl computer?
> simplest solution for JUST 2 computers
>
> KK
>
> "Paul E Mak" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:Er-dnVyV-64N9tbfRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > To answer your question directly, yes it should be possible.
> > I've never done it myself. You would plug the USB into both
> > computers, and plug the DSL into one of them. On that computer,
> > you would set up a network bridge in XP, (which is easy). The
> > down side is the USB transfer rate is slow and the computer with
> > the DSL connection must be turned on for the second computer to
> > access the net. This is the cheap method.
> >
> > But to David's idea, yes, his is better.
> > * Two 10/100 netcards and cables are not that expensive ($30ish)
> > * The router isn't that bad, ($60-80 US)
> > The setup guides provided with routers are fairly good. Using
> > this method you'll have much faster transfer rates between
> > computers and accessing the internet. Also, you can turn any
> > computer off at any time and the other will still be able to
> > connect to the internet.
> >
> > Paul
> >
> >
> > WILLIAM COOK wrote:
> >
> > > I wanted to network two computers about 6 feet apart and I
> > > purchased a PC-Link USB transfer cable and adapter to hook into
> > > teh usb ports on both computers. Being new to this stuff, I'm
> > > not sure if I purchased the wrong thing. I was looking to
> > > internet share the two computers on my DSL line. I haven't
> > > hooked them up yet. Can this be done using this USB method or
> > > is this cable only good for file transfer?

A router is more simple than ICS.

--


Travis in Shoreline Washington

"Travis" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:X_rLe.2457$%K4.2005@trnddc09...
> Kaptain Krunch wrote:
> > either that or what about a crossover cat 5 between the computers
> > and internet connection sharing turned on in the dsl computer?
> > simplest solution for JUST 2 computers
> >
> > KK
> >
> > "Paul E Mak" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:Er-dnVyV-64N9tbfRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > To answer your question directly, yes it should be possible.
> > > I've never done it myself. You would plug the USB into both
> > > computers, and plug the DSL into one of them. On that computer,
> > > you would set up a network bridge in XP, (which is easy). The
> > > down side is the USB transfer rate is slow and the computer with
> > > the DSL connection must be turned on for the second computer to
> > > access the net. This is the cheap method.
> > >
> > > But to David's idea, yes, his is better.
> > > * Two 10/100 netcards and cables are not that expensive ($30ish)
> > > * The router isn't that bad, ($60-80 US)
> > > The setup guides provided with routers are fairly good. Using
> > > this method you'll have much faster transfer rates between
> > > computers and accessing the internet. Also, you can turn any
> > > computer off at any time and the other will still be able to
> > > connect to the internet.
> > >
> > > Paul
> > >
> > >
> > > WILLIAM COOK wrote:
> > >
> > > > I wanted to network two computers about 6 feet apart and I
> > > > purchased a PC-Link USB transfer cable and adapter to hook into
> > > > teh usb ports on both computers. Being new to this stuff, I'm
> > > > not sure if I purchased the wrong thing. I was looking to
> > > > internet share the two computers on my DSL line. I haven't
> > > > hooked them up yet. Can this be done using this USB method or
> > > > is this cable only good for file transfer?
>
> A router is more simple than ICS.
>
> --
>
>
> Travis in Shoreline Washington

If he bought a usb cable, he's looking for CHEEP... x-over cable is cheep
and really not that difficult to impliment

KK

USB may be possible, but I can tell you for sure that using firewire to
network two PCs is very handy and fast. Of course you need a firewire port
on both machines....

"Kaptain Krunch" <kaptainkrunch(remov)@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:VNmdnRKx4_hv_mDfRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
> either that or what about a crossover cat 5 between the computers and
> internet connection sharing turned on in the dsl computer? simplest
> solution for JUST 2 computers
>
> KK
>
> "Paul E Mak" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:Er-dnVyV-64N9tbfRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> To answer your question directly, yes it should be possible. I've never
>> done it myself. You would plug the USB into both computers, and plug
>> the DSL into one of them. On that computer, you would set up a network
>> bridge in XP, (which is easy). The down side is the USB transfer rate
>> is slow and the computer with the DSL connection must be turned on for
>> the second computer to access the net. This is the cheap method.
>>
>> But to David's idea, yes, his is better.
>> * Two 10/100 netcards and cables are not that expensive ($30ish)
>> * The router isn't that bad, ($60-80 US)
>> The setup guides provided with routers are fairly good. Using this
>> method you'll have much faster transfer rates between computers and
>> accessing the internet. Also, you can turn any computer off at any time
>> and the other will still be able to connect to the internet.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>>
>> WILLIAM COOK wrote:
>>
>> > I wanted to network two computers about 6 feet apart and I purchased a
>> > PC-Link USB transfer cable and adapter to hook into teh usb ports on
> both
>> > computers. Being new to this stuff, I'm not sure if I purchased the
> wrong
>> > thing. I was looking to internet share the two computers on my DSL
> line. I
>> > haven't hooked them up yet. Can this be done using this USB method or
> is
>> > this cable only good for file transfer?
>> >
>> >
>>
>
>