[CentOS] Ethernet over USB

Milton Calnek milton at calnek.com
Fri Dec 14 19:14:15 UTC 2007


Don't you need two usb nic's?

Krautkramer, John wrote:
> Hi,
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> Is it true you can run Ethernet over USB between 2 machines?
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> 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:
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>   KL4USB101 USB Ethernet driver
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>   Pegasus/Pegasus II USB Ethernet driver
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>   USB CDC Ethernet driver
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> These appear to be some kind of hardware other than a cable.
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> lsmod gives me “usbnet    20041 0” so I believe this means the kernel 
> module is there.
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> Any ideas?
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> Thanks,
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> John
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