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USB network

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  • 01-08-2002 7:02pm
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    CivilServant
    Registered Users Posts: 2,005 ✭✭✭


    Just wondering if it was possible to hook up 3 computers using just usb? Maybe one acting as the server and the other two as clients?


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    ando
    Registered Users Posts: 5,406 ✭✭✭ando


    my god man :eek: that must be the wildest thing I've heard in a long time !! lol


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    bricks
    Registered Users Posts: 443 ✭✭bricks


    And a HUB, then plug'em all into the hub.
    But you'd be better off getting PCI network cards and installing them in the 3 PC's they are only around 20Euros each and are fairly handy to install.
    Plus they would be faster than the USB thingy.


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    Xithus
    Registered Users Posts: 1,155 ✭✭✭Xithus


    As far as I know peer to peer is all ya can do with USB. The peer to peer cable is around €50 in peats, so unless your confined to a laptop with no nic its cheaper to get 2 nics and some crossover cable. faster aswell.


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    Gavin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,676 ✭✭✭Gavin


    Yeah it could be done alright. Two cables going from pc1 to pc2 and pc3. pc1 will need to have an os that can support ip forwarding on it. ( and needless to say, tcp/ip on the connection )

    Cheaper and less hassle to use nic's as the others have said.

    Gav


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