Hardware quesiton connecting 2 computers via USB

[gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org (Jerry Feldman)]

On 08/10/2010 12:02 PM, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> I need to connect 2 backup devices (linux based) together via USB (eg
> USB A to USB A). To do this I need a USB bridged cable. I was wondering=

> if the Belkin Easy Transfer cable would work. I can get the proper cabl=
e
> from other sources, but that requires me to fill out an expense report
> where if I order this from staples it is just telling the receptionist
> to order it. I generally don't like Belkin stuff, but I was wondering i=
f
> anyone has any experience specifically with this Belkin device.
>
In any case, Belkin assures me that the above cable will NOT work in
Linux. There are a few other cables that I have found via google that
appear to not require Windows drivers and should work with USBNet. What
I want to do is to be able to run backups over USB rather than over the
LAN, and while the cost of these cables run from $10 to $40 (Belkin), I
don't want to go through the time and effort to do something that
probably won't work.

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Jerry Feldman <gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org>
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