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In article <2KWdnbteDaWYKHHQnZ2dnUVZ_sadnZ2d@posted.localnet>,
Robert Heller  <heller@deepsoft.com> wrote:
> At Mon, 6 Jun 2011 02:38:50 +0000 (UTC) no.top.post@gmail.com wrote:
> 
> > 
> > I had to buy a Win7 netbook to connect via a radio-modem.
> > So far I've been moving the files between the WinBox 
> > & Linux-PC via a USBstik, which is getting tedious.
> > 
> > The Win-box has only got USB sockets and a 8-pin socket
> > which is apparently an ethernet connector.
> > Somebody said I should buy a network card for the linux-PC
> > and use that. But, I've never done 'networking'/LAN.
> > And it seems over-kill for just connecting 2 end-points.
> > The routing etc, could open a can-O-worms?
> 
> Actually not...
> 
> > USB seems simpler. But I'm told that the fact that USB supplies
> > 'power' means DANGER, and a USB-cable with 'male/plugs'
> > at each end doesn't mean it's a cross-over like the LAN short
> > cable that I've got, and can see is a cross-over, because I can
> > see the wire colours.
> 
> USB is NOT a network and is not really meant for peer-to-peer
> connections (computer to computer).
> 
> Networking is the *proper* way to do this.  (The only *other* way is
> with an RS232 serial cable (using a "null modem" cable, but RS232 serial
> ports are becoming rare on new PCs...)

Technically you could probably do it with two USB -> serial converters
and a null-modem cable, but that's silly.  I used to run PPP over a
null-modem cable between my Mac and my PC, back when neither one had a
network port.  I'd get about 10 KB/s.

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