Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]

Groups > linux.debian.user > #196770

Re: USB Host-Host cables

From Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: USB Host-Host cables
Date 2018-06-19 13:50 +0200
Message-ID <w2nj4-20B-3@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink)
References (4 earlier) <w1hIK-4hY-7@gated-at.bofh.it> <w1Krn-493-9@gated-at.bofh.it> <w1O1X-6i3-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <w1R9v-80H-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <w2fvb-5D6-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
Organization linux.* mail to news gateway

Show all headers | View raw

On 06/18/2018 10:27 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> I have what is essentially a "USB->Serial" - "Serial->USB" Cable.
>> Ethernet is *NOT* involved - though there are topological similarities.
> 
> I don't have factual knowledge of what you have, indeed, but you said:
> 
>      I have purchased a USB Host-Host cable based on the PL-25A1 chipset.
> 
> While this probably doesn't use Ethernet internally, I believe it will
> behave (seen from both machines) exactly as two USB-to-Ethernet adapters
> connected via an Ethernet cable.

Indeed. There is appropriate software in current kernels to accomplish that.

> 
> For example, the "cable" will typically appear as a "usb0" network
> interface (as is the case for USB-to-ethernet adapters) rather than as
> a /dev/ttyUSB0 serial device.
> 
> So I think your cable is much less "Serial" than you think.

The chip involved is reportedly based on the manufacturers USB-serial chip.

Back to linux.debian.user | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread

Thread

USB Host-Host cables Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-06-13 13:40 +0200
  Re: USB Host-Host cables Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2018-06-13 17:00 +0200
    Re: USB Host-Host cables Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-06-13 22:00 +0200
      Re: USB Host-Host cables Ulf Volmer <u.volmer@u-v.de> - 2018-06-13 23:10 +0200
      Re: USB Host-Host cables Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2018-06-14 16:00 +0200
        Re: USB Host-Host cables Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-06-15 12:40 +0200
          Re: USB Host-Host cables Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-06-15 14:20 +0200
            Re: USB Host-Host cables Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2018-06-15 21:10 +0200
          Re: USB Host-Host cables Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-06-15 16:10 +0200
            Re: USB Host-Host cables Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-06-16 13:40 +0200
              Re: USB Host-Host cables Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2018-06-17 20:20 +0200
                Re: USB Host-Host cables Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2018-06-18 00:10 +0200
                Re: USB Host-Host cables Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-06-18 03:30 +0200
                Re: USB Host-Host cables David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-06-19 02:40 +0200
                Re: USB Host-Host cables Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2018-06-19 05:30 +0200
                Re: USB Host-Host cables Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-06-19 13:50 +0200
                Re: USB Host-Host cables rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-06-19 13:50 +0200
                Re: USB Host-Host cables Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2018-06-19 14:10 +0200
                Re: USB Host-Host cables rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-06-19 15:20 +0200
                Re: USB Host-Host cables <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-06-19 16:50 +0200
                Re: USB Host-Host cables rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-06-20 03:50 +0200
                Re: USB Host-Host cables Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-06-19 14:50 +0200
                Re: USB Host-Host cables rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-06-19 15:20 +0200
                Re: USB Host-Host cables David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-06-21 04:00 +0200
                Re: USB Host-Host cables Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2018-06-21 05:20 +0200
                Re: USB Host-Host cables Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-06-21 10:40 +0200
                Re: USB Host-Host cables Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-06-21 17:50 +0200
                Re: USB Host-Host cables Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@surfnaked.ca> - 2018-06-21 17:50 +0200
                Re: USB Host-Host cables Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2018-06-21 23:40 +0200
                Re: USB Host-Host cables Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-06-21 07:30 +0200
                Re: USB Host-Host cables Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2018-06-18 14:50 +0200
  A Bibliography [Re: USB Host-Host cables] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-06-17 13:50 +0200

csiph-web