A Wireless USB Cable? 18
doggkruse asks: "For a while I have been trying to come up with a way to attach my USB devices, wirelessly. Today I stumbled upon this Bluetooth wireless print link. It appears to simply replicate a usb cable because it works on OS X which lacks support for Bluetooth printing. Is it possible to use this for other devices? Could I simply plug this into a hub and make all USB devices wireless." It's an interesting thought, but that depends entirely on the device. Has anyone tried doing this, with this or another device?
Yes, but not quite yet (Score:5, Informative)
The WirelessUSB specs from Cypress Web site [cypress.com] - "..The wireless connectivity is transparent to the designer at the operating system level (no drivers needed), as the WirelessUSB system acts as a USB HID class device..."
ZDNet on WirelessUSB [zdnet.co.uk]
Naturally, Google [google.com]
Re:Yes, but not quite yet (Score:3, Interesting)
This is simply marketing spin on a processor with a USB SIE and a custom radio link.
Wireless USB Cable (Score:5, Interesting)
Unfortunately, not all areas are WiFi friendly. I remember bringing this unit to Siggraph one year and there was so much interference we couldn't connect. Because of this problem, we also have to include an ethernet card + cable to physically link them.
Gotta wonder, why don't they provide some sort of standard cable to link wireless devices in the event of interference?
Okay, not really on-topic, though it would help this guy if he did use the wireless USB device. It'd be another sysadmin type tool to keep around this house in case the microwave screws it up or something.
Re:Wireless USB Cable (Score:2)
Ethernet is a seperate card. I'm talking about running a cable from the 802.11 card to its destination without needing a seperate ethernet card.
Re:Wireless USB Cable (Score:2)
Ah okay. Thank you. I apologize for not reading a little more carefully.
Re:Wireless USB Cable (Score:1)
Re:Wireless USB Cable (Score:1)
I own one, works great, they have a wireless version too,
records audio, video, and quite adjustablke, wired for 200, wireless for 300..
You could buy the wired version, and add a linksys wifi-ethernet brige for less than 100$. you can do this to almost ANY device with ethernet.. and instead of asking, does it have a wired port for backup- you can add wireless to the wired device
Nice idea but... (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Nice idea but... (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Nice idea but... (Score:1)
Re:Nice idea but... (Score:2)
What does that mean? Just because it's radio doesn't mean it's slow.
Re:Nice idea but... (Score:2, Informative)
It means that in the lab radio interferance can be excluded so you get unrealistic results.
In real life most folks can't turn their homes and offices into RFI free zones, so for all practical purposes the maximum specs are unattainable.
Wasn't that what Bluetooth was supposed to be? (Score:5, Interesting)
You had FireWire, which was to "move lots of time sensitive freight".
You had USB, which was to "connect everything with wires".
You had BlueTooth, which was "Connect everything without wires".
That's what I thought as well when I saw the Cypress Semi ad for their "Wireless USB" chip.
Write them, not slashdot.... (Score:1)
I don't see how you expect the slashdot communicty to by knowledgable about a device that isn't even out. From their store, they claim it is due out on Tuesday (30th Sept.).
Anm
Notice the throughput on the device (Score:1)