http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/16/dicota-link-does-usb-2-0-pc-to-pc-data-transfer/ Engadget Comments for Dicota Link does USB 2.0 PC-to-PC data transfer http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/16/dicota-link-does-usb-2-0-pc-to-pc-data-transfer/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/16/dicota-link-does-usb-2-0-pc-to-pc-data-transfer/
http://www.compusabusiness.com/products/product_info.asp?pfp=SEARCH&product_code=333069&Pn=USB_2_0_Link_Adapter]]>Jun 16th 2006 10:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/16/dicota-link-does-usb-2-0-pc-to-pc-data-transfer/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/16/dicota-link-does-usb-2-0-pc-to-pc-data-transfer/(Most likey overpriced, but available nonetheless.)

Is this device significantly different somehow?]]>Jun 16th 2006 10:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/16/dicota-link-does-usb-2-0-pc-to-pc-data-transfer/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/16/dicota-link-does-usb-2-0-pc-to-pc-data-transfer/Jun 16th 2006 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/16/dicota-link-does-usb-2-0-pc-to-pc-data-transfer/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/16/dicota-link-does-usb-2-0-pc-to-pc-data-transfer/Jun 16th 2006 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/16/dicota-link-does-usb-2-0-pc-to-pc-data-transfer/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/16/dicota-link-does-usb-2-0-pc-to-pc-data-transfer/Jun 16th 2006 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/16/dicota-link-does-usb-2-0-pc-to-pc-data-transfer/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/16/dicota-link-does-usb-2-0-pc-to-pc-data-transfer/
That, and this is supposedly easier? I dunno about that. But it is faster.]]>Jun 16th 2006 10:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/16/dicota-link-does-usb-2-0-pc-to-pc-data-transfer/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/16/dicota-link-does-usb-2-0-pc-to-pc-data-transfer/Jun 16th 2006 11:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/16/dicota-link-does-usb-2-0-pc-to-pc-data-transfer/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/16/dicota-link-does-usb-2-0-pc-to-pc-data-transfer/Jun 16th 2006 11:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/16/dicota-link-does-usb-2-0-pc-to-pc-data-transfer/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/16/dicota-link-does-usb-2-0-pc-to-pc-data-transfer/Jun 16th 2006 11:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/16/dicota-link-does-usb-2-0-pc-to-pc-data-transfer/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/16/dicota-link-does-usb-2-0-pc-to-pc-data-transfer/Jun 16th 2006 11:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/16/dicota-link-does-usb-2-0-pc-to-pc-data-transfer/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/16/dicota-link-does-usb-2-0-pc-to-pc-data-transfer/
20 bucks and in stock...

http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/8199/]]>Jun 16th 2006 12:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/16/dicota-link-does-usb-2-0-pc-to-pc-data-transfer/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/16/dicota-link-does-usb-2-0-pc-to-pc-data-transfer/
Yeah, I just got one of those. It's been on thinkgeek for eons - not sure why engadget just noticed these. Transfer speeds are insanely fast, and without the hassle of setting up a network.]]>Jun 16th 2006 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/16/dicota-link-does-usb-2-0-pc-to-pc-data-transfer/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/16/dicota-link-does-usb-2-0-pc-to-pc-data-transfer/Jun 16th 2006 1:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/16/dicota-link-does-usb-2-0-pc-to-pc-data-transfer/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/16/dicota-link-does-usb-2-0-pc-to-pc-data-transfer/Jun 16th 2006 1:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/16/dicota-link-does-usb-2-0-pc-to-pc-data-transfer/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/16/dicota-link-does-usb-2-0-pc-to-pc-data-transfer/Jun 16th 2006 1:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/16/dicota-link-does-usb-2-0-pc-to-pc-data-transfer/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/16/dicota-link-does-usb-2-0-pc-to-pc-data-transfer/Jun 16th 2006 2:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/16/dicota-link-does-usb-2-0-pc-to-pc-data-transfer/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/16/dicota-link-does-usb-2-0-pc-to-pc-data-transfer/http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/8199/

Transfer up to 25 MB/s not 480

croosver cable is better

]]>Jun 16th 2006 3:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/16/dicota-link-does-usb-2-0-pc-to-pc-data-transfer/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/16/dicota-link-does-usb-2-0-pc-to-pc-data-transfer/No one said 480 MB/s. USB 2.0 is theoretically 480 MBit/s. There is a huge difference on MB and MBit.]]>Jun 16th 2006 4:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/16/dicota-link-does-usb-2-0-pc-to-pc-data-transfer/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/16/dicota-link-does-usb-2-0-pc-to-pc-data-transfer/Jun 16th 2006 5:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/16/dicota-link-does-usb-2-0-pc-to-pc-data-transfer/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/16/dicota-link-does-usb-2-0-pc-to-pc-data-transfer/Jun 16th 2006 9:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/16/dicota-link-does-usb-2-0-pc-to-pc-data-transfer/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/16/dicota-link-does-usb-2-0-pc-to-pc-data-transfer/ I've had three of these type of devices over the past few years. I used them both at home and at work (IT Help Desk)

First a Xircom that NEVER worked right, $30 I'll never see again. Second a much cheaper one from Bafo, I got it for $12. It was USB 1.1 and required drivers for anything other than XP (though it did support Mac-to-Mac and PC-to-Mac), and topped out at 6mbps for transfer speeds. It worked ok, it also often needed to have drivers loaded, but the peer-to-peer two pane window based software interface was pretty intuitive. I even ran Ghost booted from a floppy (version 7.0 I think) over it a few times. 6mbps may not sound fast, but with the flighty cat3 wiring and erratic HUB infrastructure we had in that building, a 1.5GB ghosting chould take up to 16 hours if we ran it over the network. It really came in handy because at that particular job site we were under the pervue of an increasingly restrictive IT security/Network Ops group, and they required all machines attached to the network proper to go through a security scan. Given that this particular campus was one of the top 10 places in America most targeted for hacking attacks I can understand the caution, but the scan could take up to three days to get done (a written request had to be processed...the scan itself was like 10 minutes). So when we had people from other sites come in to work for a few days if they brought laptops we just did our own in-house security inspection, then let them use an old third-tier desktop to connect their laptop to for file access. It was a little cumbersome but it beat having them sit on there hands for 3 days and wait for security, and they could access all the necessary files, the internet, and start working pretty much on arrival (complete setup usually only took about 20 minutes).

I later got another one from Bafo as well, but it was the upgraded model...just for fun really. It was cool. Though it too was USB 1.1 it supported TCP/IP, IPX, and Netbeui but still did everything its predecessor did. That one I only used at home.

But as cool as these things are (and as much as I actually used them) they are not that revolutionary. My unique work situation is really what made them so valuable to me, but in most cases a crossover cable (which most IT shops/desks/dungeons can fabricate for themselves in a pinch)or even an old Laplink/Null-modem cable will do the same thing (with Win2K and up that is).

Still, they're cool little gadgets to have. Particularly for the average consumer who might not know an IP address from an e-mail address but still wants to transfer lots of files between a laptop and a desktop.]]>Jun 16th 2006 11:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/16/dicota-link-does-usb-2-0-pc-to-pc-data-transfer/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/16/dicota-link-does-usb-2-0-pc-to-pc-data-transfer/
Neal Saferstein]]>Jun 18th 2006 9:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/16/dicota-link-does-usb-2-0-pc-to-pc-data-transfer/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/16/dicota-link-does-usb-2-0-pc-to-pc-data-transfer/http://www.compusabusiness.com/products/product_info.asp?pfp=SEARCH&product_code=333069&Pn=USB_2_0_Link_Adapter

When you first plug it in it pops up like a CDROM and autoinstalls LapLink like software called EasyCopy-Net.
It looks a lot like PC-Linq
http://www.homenethelp.com/web/review/images/pc-linq.gif

Nice to use between 2 PCs when on a network but one or both of them are using VPN which isolates them from the local network.

Too bad you can't simply mount a drive from the other computer through the device...]]>Jul 14th 2006 11:12PM