Hi, Is it true you can run Ethernet over USB between 2 machines? I have 2 machines running CentOS 5.0 and a simple type A male to A male cable. I don't see in the network setup gui how to set it up. Is there a particular device I should select? What I see relating to USB is: KL4USB101 USB Ethernet driver Pegasus/Pegasus II USB Ethernet driver USB CDC Ethernet driver These appear to be some kind of hardware other than a cable. lsmod gives me "usbnet 20041 0" so I believe this means the kernel module is there. Any ideas? Thanks, John -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20071214/9230895d/attachment-0002.html>
Don't you need two usb nic's? Krautkramer, John wrote:> Hi, > > > > Is it true you can run Ethernet over USB between 2 machines? > > > > I have 2 machines running CentOS 5.0 and a simple type A male to A male > cable. I don?t see in the network setup gui how to set it up. Is there a > particular device I should select? What I see relating to USB is: > > > > KL4USB101 USB Ethernet driver > > Pegasus/Pegasus II USB Ethernet driver > > USB CDC Ethernet driver > > > > These appear to be some kind of hardware other than a cable. > > > > lsmod gives me ?usbnet 20041 0? so I believe this means the kernel > module is there. > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Thanks, > > > > John > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by *MailScanner* <http://www.mailscanner.info/>, and is > believed to be clean. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-- Milton Calnek BSc, A/Slt(Ret.) milton at calnek.com 306-717-8737 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
Krautkramer, John wrote:> > Hi, > > Is it true you can run Ethernet over USB between 2 machines? > > I have 2 machines running CentOS 5.0 and a simple type A male to A > male cable. I don?t see in the network setup gui how to set it up. Is > there a particular device I should select? What I see relating to USB is: > > KL4USB101 USB Ethernet driver > > Pegasus/Pegasus II USB Ethernet driver > > USB CDC Ethernet driver > > These appear to be some kind of hardware other than a cable. >USB is a master/slave interface, only allows one master on the bus, your PC. those "A to A" network cables are in fact TWO USB slaves, each a network adapters, one for each side. they typically emulate ethernet, so what you see there is correct. not quite sure why you're seeing 3 different ethernet drivers, unless thats all the same thing by different aliases. you'll need to configure it just like any other LAN... give each system an IP address on the same private subnet.
Krautkramer, John wrote:> > Is it true you can run Ethernet over USB between 2 machines?With an adapter, you can run ethernet over usb in general.> > I have 2 machines running CentOS 5.0 and a simple type A male to A male > cable. I don?t see in the network setup gui how to set it up. Is there a > particular device I should select? What I see relating to USB is: > > > KL4USB101 USB Ethernet driver > > Pegasus/Pegasus II USB Ethernet driver > > USB CDC Ethernet driver > > These appear to be some kind of hardware other than a cable. > > lsmod gives me ?usbnet 20041 0? so I believe this means the kernel > module is there.There are usb<->ethernet adapters like these: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=589 that you could connect through a switch or back to back with a crossover cable. I don't know if there are Linux drivers for all chipsets but I've used a few and they were recognized. Unlike firewire, you can't directly connect 2 usb host adapters, although since windows vista now includes a utility to migrate items from an old machine over usb (like apple has always done over firewire) there are an assortment of usb<->usb adapter cables like: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2791077&CatId=77 but I don't know if Linux knows anything about them. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com