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09/06/2005 01:23:44 PM · #1 |
can I connect two computers via USB port? Just so I can transfer info from one to the other?
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09/06/2005 01:27:14 PM · #2 |
Originally posted by jmlelii:
can I connect two computers via USB port? Just so I can transfer info from one to the other? |
Not sure you can do that.
Easiest way I'd say, is to use a Cross-cable (that's what it's called here in Brasil) and make a direct network connection between the 'puters. |
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09/06/2005 01:27:43 PM · #3 |
yes you can do that
easiest way to learn things is to just try them.
Message edited by author 2005-09-06 13:28:02. |
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09/06/2005 01:42:58 PM · #4 |
now where can I get an A male/A male cable at...
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09/06/2005 02:04:25 PM · #5 |
USB won't work for that, I think. The easiest way would be to use a network cable (ethernet, twisted pair, whatever) and use file sharing.
The USB thing could work if there's a way you could put one of the computers in "disk mode" so that the other computer would see it mounted like another disk drive. I have no idea if that's possible or not. I've heard of such things on Macs before but never used it. |
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09/06/2005 02:07:25 PM · #6 |
USB will work if you have a USB hub iirc. Using the network ports would work much easier and faster. You can directly connect two computers with a Cat 5 Crossover cable. If you don't have a crossovercable you're going to need a hub/switch/router/etc and regular patch cables. You can get an old cheap 10mbit 5 port hub for under $20 easily and 2 cables for a few dollars a piece. I believe a 5 port 10/100 hub/switch will be at least $50.
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09/06/2005 02:27:15 PM · #7 |
Yeh best to use crossover cable, off course you will also need to have a network card in each pc to interconnect cable to.
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09/06/2005 02:58:43 PM · #8 |
| For a cheap solution (but slow) you can use serial null-modem cable and connect 2 PCs... and then use the terminal application with file transfer options... used to do this before I had network cards and routers. Null-modem cable (rs232 with twisted rx and tx wires) is easy to find. |
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09/06/2005 02:59:54 PM · #9 |
whats the difference between crossover cable and ethernet cable?
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09/06/2005 03:01:36 PM · #10 |
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09/06/2005 03:02:52 PM · #11 |
Make note:
Data transfer rates of up to 8 Mbits/sec
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09/06/2005 03:03:06 PM · #12 |
you can get the crossover cable for a lot less money...
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09/06/2005 03:05:08 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by jmlelii:
whats the difference between crossover cable and ethernet cable? |
2 of the wires are switched/crossed from a regular cable.
Crossover Cable
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09/06/2005 03:08:34 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by kyebosh:
you can get the crossover cable for a lot less money... |
But you may have to configure network setting and so on. Also, not every computer has network card.
Nick
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