Re: [LUG] "laplink" USB connection

[Simon Robert <simon-robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Julian,

I also googled about this with the same results. You're right, I guess 
looking at the plip docs and going from there seems to be the way to go.

Simon

Julian Hall wrote:

> 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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