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Internet Connection Sharing between PC's using USB

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  • 20-05-2006 8:47pm
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    fatherdougalmag
    Registered Users Posts: 1,391 ✭✭✭


    I'm working with a machine which, I have just twigged, doesn't have ethernet. It does have USB and I have a USB A-A cable which I could conceivably connect to another Internet-enabled machine.

    Does anyone know of any software which could do the job? The best I can come up with so far is simple file transfer.

    Or am I that out of touch that such additonal software isn't needed above and beyond what MS Windows ICS has to offer. I've never had the need to use it.


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    fatherdougalmag
    Registered Users Posts: 1,391 ✭✭✭fatherdougalmag


    OK. It seems that it isn't a flyer since the machines don't event recognise each other when they are attached via USB AA cable.


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    Capt'n Midnight
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    unless it's a special cable with a bulge in the middle for electronics
    think of the bulge as two usb network cards and a crossover cable

    AND you have installed the network drivers specific to that cable it ain't gonna happen.


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