WideFs connection via USB cable?

[jgoggi]

Hi,

I would like to connect a second PC to the one running FS9, via WideFS, in order to use add-ons on the second computer. Is it possible to connect the two computers with an USB cable or am I forced to use a LAN connection? Is there a difference in transfer speed? Will I get no frame rate impact on the FS9 computer?

Thanks and regards,

James

[Pete Dowson]

I would like to connect a second PC to the one running FS9, via WideFS, in order to use add-ons on the second computer. Is it possible to connect the two computers with an USB cable or am I forced to use a LAN connection? Is there a difference in transfer speed? Will I get no frame rate impact on the FS9 computer?

If you can make Windows operate a Network over USB (and I am sure it is possible), then WideFS can use it. The Network part of WideFS uses standard Windows facilities only. Provided TCP/IP or IPX/SPX works between the two, WideFS will too.

As for performance and loading, there I don't know. I think an older type USB (version 1?) will be slower than Ethernet, but whether noticeably so or not I don't know. I should think USB 2 (as fitted to all newer PCs) would be easily fast enough, no problem. And I doubt that you could measure any difference in impact on FS frame rates compared to any other Networking connection.

Regards,

Pete

[rickalty]

Windows can indeed run a network over USB, though you need to plug a network adapter into the cables. Here's an article explaining it.

http://www.windowsnetworking.com/j_helmig/wxpusbin.htm

Richard