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