On Tue, Apr 09, 2013 at 11:43:01PM -0400, Alex Pilon wrote: > Has anybody tried doing ethernet over a host-to-host USB cable here? > > http://www.linux-usb.org/usbnet/ > > I thought of trying it just for kicks but am lacking the hardware. > > While one can supposedly use a plain male/male, A/A cable, thought only > with USB 3, in practice, it doesn't seem practical. > > http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.usb.general/58432 > > Were do you usually shop for semi-obscure and obscure hardware, outside > of business hours, in Ottawa? Canada Computers has quite a bit of stuff... You would be surprised. Something like that you may find at Active or Gervais, but be careful. Don't try to build a back-to-back cable yourself unless you know what you are doing, because both supply +5VDC and you are likely to damage something. Interesting, I didn't know that about USB3.0... (seperate TX and RX pairs...) slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\ -- ~\ <hpv.tricolour.net> <www.TriColour.net> -- \___ o \@ @ Ride yer bike! Ottawa, ON, CANADA -- Lo_>__M__\\/\%__\\/\% Vote! -- <greenparty.ca>_____GTVS6#790__(*)__(*)________(*)(*)_________________