USB Directconnect cable - unable to get it to work

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On 03/03/2011 11:54 PM, Ian Coetzee wrote:
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> On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 9:35 AM, Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net> wrote:
>> Ian Coetzee wrote:
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>> Can't you use a standard ethernet cable instead of the wireless link? A
>> gigabit ethernet link should be even much faster than the USB cable.
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> 
> Unfortunately that will not be possible, as on my table I only have
> one network point. So I have to connect one laptop to cable, and the
> other to wireless.
> 
> I cannot connect both to the wireless because the HP uses a broadcom
> chipset, and connecting that one to the wireless makes it unusably
> slow ( < 1 KiB/s max download ).
> 
> I could possibly try using internet connection sharing, but then that
> will break my SMB sharing to the server :(.
> 
> But the main reason is that I just want to be otherwise.

Perhaps these will be of interest:
http://www.linux-usb.org/usbnet/
http://www.linux-usb.org/FAQ.html
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=993036
http://packages.ubuntu.com/maverick/usbip
http://usbip.sourceforge.net/

I know that none of those resolve your question. But they might be of
interest nonetheless.

Regarding the broadcom chipset; perhaps if you can give details someone
here can help you figure out the "< 1 KiB/s max download" issue.


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