usb link between 2 computers

bonkers

im having problems connecting a laptop to a pc with a hostlink usb 2.0 cable..

i install teh software but the pc wont recognise the usb cable.. it installs teh software fien but doesnt seem to be working still..

JohnnieM

Why not just use a crossover cable?does your pc and your laptop not have ethernet ports

bonkers

well i haev the cable i use to conenct to the modem..

would that work..

Thomas_S_Hunterson

No, it probably wouldn't work
What type of modem is it btw, is it a broadband DSL modem or an external Dial Up modem?

bonkers

broadband

Thomas_S_Hunterson

yea, the cable is probably not a crossover. You could pick up a crossover for a couple of euro in a computer shop. A crossover cable is wired slightly differently to a normal cable, so the modem cable wont work.

jor el

That cable could well be a cross-over cable. I have two broadband router/modems and both were supplied with cross-over cables. Try to ping one computer from the other. You'll probably need to set an IP address on both manually as there'll be no DHCP to assign the addresses.

zilog_jones

How does that USB networking actually work? Does it use TCP/IP as well? If that is so, maybe you have to set up IP addresses for that as you would with an ethernet LAN.

Thomas_S_Hunterson

jor el wrote:

That cable could well be a cross-over cable. I have two broadband router/modems and both were supplied with cross-over cables. Try to ping one computer from the other. You'll probably need to set an IP address on both manually as there'll be no DHCP to assign the addresses.

I stand corrected

irlrobins

Think you're going slightly offcourse with the replies lads. OP has this.

He's having problems installing it and getting it running. Nothing to so with crossover cables or tcp/ip networking.

the_syco

bonkers wrote:

im having problems connecting a laptop to a pc with a hostlink usb 2.0 cable..

i install teh software but the pc wont recognise the usb cable.. it installs teh software fien but doesnt seem to be working still..

Does your PC have USB1 or USB2, and is the cable USB1 or USB2?

philologos

it was mentioned that it was a USB 2.0 cable..... so its safe to assume it is...

irlrobins

afaik it will work with 1.1 ports, just at reduced transfer speeds.

bonkers

thanks for all you help guys

the thing is

the device wont load properly on the main pc... i d/l the drivers isntallation thing fro the website.. as i have lost the cd.. it installs fien then says plug in usb cable.. i then do and it says usb not recognised.. on the laptop it works fine and when i did plug int eh cable it automatically searched and found the drivers which were on teh cd i had burnt with teh isntallation thing on.. but this doesnt happen with the pc.. i have tried to uninstall the software on the pc but it still wont accept the usb... its as if its not uninstalled properly
thanks

irlrobins

Try removing the usb ports. Start->Control Panel->System

Click on hardware, then device manager. Remove everything from Universal Serial Bus Controllers. Then restart PC. Then reinstall s/w and plug in usb cable.

the_syco

IMPORTANT: what versions of Windows do you have? From experience, I've found that alot of the low cost stuff are only compatible with XP, or maybe 2000, but not 98, or ME.