[ale] USB over cat-5?

[Keith Hopkins]

Michael Kachline wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Jul 2002, John Wells wrote:
> 
> 
>>Ok. You pulled it out of me.  The "why?" is to avoid spending an extra
>>$100 getting a Zaurus ethernet card.  If the Z is in its USB cradle, you
>>can surf the web, etc. using ethernet over USB.
> 
> 
> 
> 	Another "why" which I'm curious of is, I want to place my USB
> visor cradle in the kitchen, plugged into the cat 5 wall jack. When I come
> home, I place the visor in it's cradle, push "sync" and my linux box
> downstairs captures the data.
> 

That would be most cool.  Might I suggest looking into the cost of a serial cradle for the visor.  You'd probably have better luck pushing the distance if the USB does not pan out.

-- 
Lost in Tokyo,
   Keith



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