Re: USB EZ-Link network on Linux-to-Win98?
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On Monday 09 Sep 2002 3:44 am, Jeff Maxson wrote:
> Awhile back I got myself an EZ-Link cable from Anchor Chips. Not
> exactly sure how they work, but it makes the computer at each end of
> the cable think it is talking to a slave somehow so that they
> communicate using (I think) ethernet protocol of somekind.
>
> Of course, this came with Windows drivers. Of course they seem to have
> ceased making this now. and of course I am now a linux convert. Now,
> given that, it sure is nice to have the two computers that our family
> has all hooked up very easy-like: I mean, 20 mins, popping in the
> driver CD and plugging in the USB cables and they are talking in
> Win98. I am expecting this to be much more non-easy in Linux, but has
> anyone got a step-by-step method on how to make this work in Linux so
> I can talk to my wife's Win98 laptop?
>
> I googled and there was one thread sort of about this last December on
> some newsgroup somewhere, but it was just discussing some things about
> it in general. I can bet I will need to get something new going with
> the USB 1.0(1.1?) ports I've got on the Linux box, and I would bet I
> need to get samba up and going as well. That would all be new to me,
> but first off, do I need a special linux driver for the thing, and if
> so, is there one out there????
You will have to build your own kernel, but there are experimental drivers for
this in the USB section. Apart from that i cant help, but thats somewhere to
start looking. If by talk to your wifes laptop you mean file sharing, you
need to use samba, as windows is very limited in its network filesystem
support (no NFS, sftp etc).
Tom
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