"Eric Gisin" wrote in message

"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
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If you've got a permanent or semi-permanent application, then the
setup requirements of USB-USB networking; or if the network cards
are already there, just setting up a small LAN perhaps with no
concentrator, but just a cross-over cable. One nifty benefit of a
regular LAN is printer sharing.

USB-USB network gizmos run around $30-40. Most of them are already
USB 2.0 compatible, so even higher speeds than 100 BTX are possible.

Nobody achieves anything near USB's 480Mb/s, even hard drives see a
bottleneck.

Agreed. I don't know how fast USB 2.0 really is - I don't have anything fast
enough to put at the other end!

Fast ethernet will do 80Mb/s, what do these USB "null modems" do?

http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=HE110A

$17.95

The big plus is that you don't have to open your PCs to install. They are
especially applicable to people with laptops.

A pair of NICs with cable go for 25 bux.

Yes, but the installation is beyond many people's technical means.