arran Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 USB would die with that setup, it's only supposed to talk to 1 device at a time. then how do hubs work? the TCP/IP stack is not the same for USB I think he means a USB hub, not an ethernet hub. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deveant Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 to get it to print to two printers its not as simple as splicing the wires, though it can be done, if u replicate the signal, this can be done if u have a grounding in electronics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digip Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 http://computer.howstuffworks.com/usb2.htm I beleive you can hook two devices on one usb cable, hence a splitter, or hub does the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeoneE1se Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 a USB hub work by adding more USB ports via usb, if you open it up it's not just spliced wires Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyp0dermik Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 If you make up some Ethernet to USB adapters, change the ports on the usb hub from usb to RJ45s (ethernet), and connect this to you pc you could also beam usb around you house Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeoneE1se Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 If you make up some Ethernet to USB adapters, change the ports on the usb hub from usb to RJ45s (ethernet), and connect this to you pc you could also beam usb around you housewait. what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlit Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 If you make up some Ethernet to USB adapters, change the ports on the usb hub from usb to RJ45s (ethernet), and connect this to you pc you could also beam usb around you house USB and ethernet are *completely* different. This wouldn't even nearly work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyp0dermik Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 USB and Ethernet are *completely* different. This wouldn't even nearly work. Computer---USB to Ethernet adapter(ie a thing thats puts the 4 wires of usb down the middle 2 pairs of ethernet)---Patch Panel----Ethernet to USB adapter---USB device.It would work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlit Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 USB and Ethernet are *completely* different. This wouldn't even nearly work. Computer---USB to Ethernet adapter(ie a thing thats puts the 4 wires of usb down the middle 2 pairs of ethernet)---Patch Panel----Ethernet to USB adapter---USB device.It would work! I guess that'd work as long as you mean you'd just be sending USB over a cat5 cable rather than using a USB network "card", in which case I'm not sure there's such a thing as an ethernet to USB host adapter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyp0dermik Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 would be relatively easy to make one, if you buy a USB plug and some cat5 cable .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcvoid Posted November 11, 2007 Share Posted November 11, 2007 I may be a few days late on this one, but I'm just chiming in on this interesting topic to give my opinion in the form of a little good idea/bad idea. Good idea: I've been thinking about it, and wiring RJ-45 ports to a usb hub and plugging in cat-5 with usb ends would be fine as long as you are only connecting copper wire to copper wire. Excellent idea. As they say in my neck of the woods, "Youse guys is owwsome." A bad idea? Running it through a router - that is where the layer 1 differences between 802.3 and USB come in to play. That would seriously fry the router. As for signal attenuation, a repeater or an ethernet hub I think would work fine as long as you don't plug in more than one usb device. Extra usb devices through one port need a hardware usb bridge interface to sort out the signals. A usb hub is kinds of akin to an ethernet layer-2 switch in that respect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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