Wireless USB connection (not WUSB)

Sorry if this subject has been discussed before; I'm new here and I
searched the archives without any luck.

I need to create a wireless USB connection between a computer and a
device (in this case a digital still camera but it could be a printer,
etc.). USB2.0 speeds would be nice but I can live with 54mbps. I know
WUSB is in the works but the range (9m) is not enough and no device is
available now.

So what I'm looking for is USB2.0 <--> 802.11b/g converters that I
could put at each end, one on each device. The signals would come out
of one USB device and be transmitted wireless through the wireless LAN
to the other device and converted back to USB, and vice-versa.

Does that make ANY sense at all? Maybe there are protocol problems I
don't see... As I said I understand that I wouldn't get USB2.09 speeds
that way but I can live with that.

Thanks for any help!
Iam

Iam Nemo <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Sorry if this subject has been discussed before; I'm new here and I
> searched the archives without any luck.
>
> I need to create a wireless USB connection between a computer and a
> device (in this case a digital still camera but it could be a printer,
> etc.). USB2.0 speeds would be nice but I can live with 54mbps. I know
> WUSB is in the works but the range (9m) is not enough and no device is
> available now.

One of the range of user-firmware-able wifi routers with a USB host
port, and your device plugged into it, and a program to act as a proxy
on the router.

"Iam Nemo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>I need to create a wireless USB connection between a computer and a
>device

>So what I'm looking for is USB2.0 <--> 802.11b/g converters that I
>could put at each end, one on each device.

Could you live with a USB network device and a WiFi network connection
to a computer on the same LAN? Check Tom's Hardware for a review
within the last year of a couple of devices that put a "real" USB
device on the network (as opposed to a USB print server or
equivalent).

Ian: I'm afraid your solution, however elegant, is way out of my
league. I am a end user of these devices and was looking for a
commercially available solution. Thanks!

William: I'm really intrigued by this approach and will check out TH.
Thanks!

For those wondering about WUSB here's a few links:
http://www.usb.org/developers/wusb/
http://www.deviceforge.com/articles/AT9015145687.html

and a few potentially interesting companies to watch:
http://www.wisair.com/products/refer...eless-usb-hub/
http://www.aircable.net/products.html

"Iam Nemo" <(E-Mail Removed)> hath wroth:

>I need to create a wireless USB connection between a computer and a
>device (in this case a digital still camera but it could be a printer,
>etc.). USB2.0 speeds would be nice but I can live with 54mbps. I know
>WUSB is in the works but the range (9m) is not enough and no device is
>available now.

UWB (Wireless USB) from Intel is in the works. It promises really
high speed connections, at very short distances, for devices such as
displays, video, gigabit ethernet, etc.
| http://www.icron.com/products/usb/co...IcronFS_v4.pdf

WirelessUSB LS from Cypress Semiconductor will sorta do this, but at
fairly slow speeds intended for mice and keyboards. Most of the
products available are for USB to serial (RS-232) wireless converters.

>So what I'm looking for is USB2.0 <--> 802.11b/g converters that I
>could put at each end, one on each device. The signals would come out
>of one USB device and be transmitted wireless through the wireless LAN
>to the other device and converted back to USB, and vice-versa.

If the "devices" at each end are a computer, that can accomidate
Bluetooth or 802.11g wireless, then a simple peer-to-peer network will
do just fine.

>Does that make ANY sense at all? Maybe there are protocol problems I
>don't see... As I said I understand that I wouldn't get USB2.09 speeds
>that way but I can live with that.

It makes sense. You want a wireless USB 2.0 extension cord, where the
"devices" at each end do not participate in the wireless part (no
drivers). Is this correct?

I think this is close but I'm not sure:
http://www.keyspan.com/products/usb/server/

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Jeff Liebermann <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> http://www.keyspan.com/products/usb/server/

That's one of the ones tomshardware (well, OK, Tom's Networking)
reviewed at http://www.tomsnetworking.com/Review...rodID-H2H1.php