USB Ports and Sockets

Please note networking is not my strong suit so this may be a dumb
question.

Say I have two Linux devices connected via USB ports, is it possible to
communicate using sockets over the USB connection. If so, can any one
point me at the relevant documentation.

Thanks in advance,

Robert
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>Please note networking is not my strong suit so this may be a dumb
>question.

>Say I have two Linux devices connected via USB ports, is it possible to

What is a linux "device"? Do you mean a computer? And what do you mean
"connected via usb ports"-- a cable running from the usb port on one
computer to that on another?

>communicate using sockets over the USB connection. If so, can any one
>point me at the relevant documentation.

>Thanks in advance,

>Robert
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Yes. Two computers connected to each other using the USB interface,
usually using a cable. Assuming each computer is running Linux is
there a method or existing driver/software that will allow BSD
compatible sockets, as found in Linux , to communicate over the USB
interface between applications running on the two computers.

Robert
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On 10/15/05 17:00, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> Yes. Two computers connected to each other using the USB interface,
> usually using a cable. Assuming each computer is running Linux is
> there a method or existing driver/software that will allow BSD
> compatible sockets, as found in Linux , to communicate over the USB
> interface between applications running on the two computers.
>
> Robert
> (E-Mail Removed)
>

See <http://www.linux-usb.org/usbnet/>. May be what you need.

Ciao
Giovanni
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> Please note networking is not my strong suit so this may be a dumb
> question.

> Say I have two Linux devices connected via USB ports, is it possible to
> communicate using sockets over the USB connection. If so, can any one
> point me at the relevant documentation.

You cannot directly connect two USB masters to each other. The USB
protocol is asymettric with a master (the computer) and a device (a hard
drive, networking interface, serial port, whatever). In order to connect two
computers to each other, you would need two USB devices, one for each
computer, that spoke to each other.

DS

Thanks

Robert