rstlne wrote in message
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Lucas Tam wrote
Rod Speed wrote

and the Kit works correctly then he could be chuggin along at 480m..

Big if with USB2

Long USB runs need ot be converted to RJ-45 anyways. So
unless the computers are close together, USB network isn't viable.

You guys really Love your NIC's ..
Granted tho, Old dogs dont like new tricks ..

Or we've noticed that relatively bulletproof technology like CAT5
now is is a better proposition than kludges like USB 'networking'

As I said.. If he's going a short path and has usb2 then it's a good thing..

Nope, lousy value, too much of a kludge.

As to computers not having nic's in them meaning they dont have usb2,

Never ever said it that absolutely.

that's a silly statement

Yours is a silly misreading of what was actually said.

as I do indeed have a motherboard with a usb2 port and no onboard NIC..

Thats uncommon. Never said it doesnt happen.

I have made my own null modem cables in the past
using wires (just because it wasnt something I could
actually purchase and get within 2 or 3 weeks)..

Irrelevant. They're widely available now and the other approach
too, a crossover adapter used with standard cat5 cables.

I have cut cat5 cable and rewired it when I had no crossover adapter
(do it correctly and you dont get signal loss nor a speed drop)

Irrelevant to what makes sense for him now.

I know what Standard is..
and USB2 is also a standad

Like hell that approach to USB2 networking is.

(tho there are more official terms for it)..