I do wonder whether the throughput of the USB network
comes close to 100Mbps NIC.....

John


--- "William \"Chops\" Westfield" <westfw@mac.com>
wrote:

> 
> On Sep 5, 2007, at 3:23 PM, Josh Koffman wrote:
> 
> > I have a need to setup a quick and easy network
> between two
> > computers. I know I could use a crossover cable,
> but that would
> > require messing with IP addresses. I'd love to use
> one of the USB
> > transfer cables, specifically the Belkin Easy
> Transfer cable.
> >
> > I'm wondering if it sets up some sort of IP
> network between the two
> > computers that I could run connections over.
> 
> I successfully talked one of my parents into using
> such a cable
> to transfer files from one computer to another. 
> IIRC, it all
> operated pretty much at the filesystem level rather
> than at the
> networking level.
> 
> I don't quite understand your desire for IP network
> connections
> without having to deal with IP configuration.  It
> should be really
> EASY these days to set up an ethernet link complete
> with static
> IP configuration.  Most of the modern ethernet cards
> are "smart"
> and won't even require the "crossover" cable...
> 
> BillW
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