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Date: Wed Mar 01 2006 - 04:19:21 CST

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Hi David,

> > So do I need special USB Ethernet hardware to configure a network
> between
> > two OpenBSD hosts connected together via USB, if not, which manpage
did
> I
> > missed?
>
> If you're asking if you can plug a dumb usb cable between two
computers,
> the
> answer is no. You can only have one host on the bus at one time. To get
> ethernet via usb between the hosts you will need two usb to ethernet
nics
> and a crossover cable, or a cdce device such as the one made by
prolific.
thanks, for the clear answer.

> cdce is plugged straight into the usb ports of both machines, but they
> both
> see it as a network device (ie, it appears as a device to both hosts).
If
> you find one let me know, I've been interested in getting one for a
while.
>
i did not get a pl-2501, but a pl-2302, which is only usb 1.1 compatible

It is a rather old device, but here are the details:
Name: USL-116 USB Net Link Cable
Vendor: NoName
Chipset: Prolific pl-2302
USB: 1.1
OBSD Ethernet Device: upl0 Point-to-Point device

I think it will work as a sync device for pfsync.

lars

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