I know with the old windows 95 and dos 6 you could
connect two computers using parallel port ,but can you
connect two computers using windows me and xp with usb
ports?

In article <1536f01c44656$69a6d710$(E-Mail Removed)>, "Will"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> I know with the old windows 95 and dos 6 you could
>connect two computers using parallel port ,but can you
>connect two computers using windows me and xp with usb
>ports?

Here are two ways to do what you want:

1. Get a pair of USB Ethernet adapters and connect them to each other
just like Ethernet adapters that mount inside a computer. Connecting
two computers directly, without a hub, switch, or router, requires a
specially wired crossover cable.

2. Get a USB-to-USB networking cable. Here are some sites for more
information:

http://www.buslink.com/usbtrans.htm
http://www.usbcable.com/94-3832.htm
http://catalog.belkin.com/usbpopup.p...3&Catalog_ID=1
http://www.usbstuff.com
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In addition to the other reply, why not simply buy two cheap network cards?
Then you can either use a crossover cable or get a cheap hub & use
straight-through ethernet cables.

Will wrote:
> I know with the old windows 95 and dos 6 you could
> connect two computers using parallel port ,but can you
> connect two computers using windows me and xp with usb
> ports?