Re: [LUG] "laplink" USB connection

[Julian Hall <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Simon,

The only links I found in Google using "USB laplink Linux" as the search 
were from another LUG having less success than you.  However I would 
suggest trying to ping between the machines first of all, and if that 
works, try mounting a shared resource on one of the machines with one of 
the others.  I'm assuming you'll be using Samba at some stage as the 
laptop runs Win98.

http://www.linuxgazette.com/node/5143

This site is about PLIP but it seems to be fairly useful.

HTH

Kind regards,

Julian


Simon Robert wrote:

> Hi
>
> I'd like to have a USB link between my linux box, mandrake 10.1, and a 
> laptop running w98. I have a laplink usb cable and when I plug it in 
> the relevant drivers seem to load themselves and to some extent work, 
> (looking at it via ip, ethtool and ifconfig).
>
> How do I get to actually see and transfer stuff from the laptop? Can 
> anyone advise on the next stage of setup or point me at a linux usb 
> networking resource for dummies? I've had a look at plip, but that 
> appears to be for serial port connections.
>
> Any help received gratefully.
>
> Thanks
>    Simon
>
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