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Wireless replacement for a USB cable?
Does anyone know of a wireless USB "cable" system? By which I mean something that comes with a device that plugs in to computer's USB socket and a paired device that plugs in to the USB socket on a hub, hard disc or printer, without the computer knowing that it is wireless so it just acts like a cable. The nearest I have found are wireless printer servers, but they don't seem transparent to the computer because all the ones I have seen have a compatibility list.
All I'm looking for is a general device that transmits the USB signal across from one device to another wirelessly. I accept that it won't be possible for the power signal to be done that way, so both ends would need to be powered somehow. I imagine the signal transmission could be effected through a Bluetooth channel.
EDIT
I don't mind if the computer knows it is connected to a device not a cable - it could believe it was a hub, for example.
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- Steve BLv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
Yes, it exists (see link) .. however I failed to find the actual product on ebay (you may have better luck using different 'search' terms ..)
Source(s): http://www.usb.org/developers/wusb/ - 6 years ago
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Wireless replacement for a USB cable?
Does anyone know of a wireless USB "cable" system? By which I mean something that comes with a device that plugs in to computer's USB socket and a paired device that plugs in to the USB socket on a hub, hard disc or printer, without the computer knowing that it is wireless so it just...
Source(s): wireless replacement usb cable: https://tr.im/ay9Aj - Anonymous5 years ago
Sure, you can buy a USB to Ethernet pretty much anywhere. But they will not work in the manner you are speaking. It is not simply a cable that converts the wires. The USB to Ethernet adapter is a network to USB-A connector, the modem has a USB-B connector on it. Plus it requires software drivers to be installed for the adapter to work, you cannot install 3rd-party software onto a router. What you should do is call up the company that you got the modem from and ask for a different model, one with an Ethernet port on it.
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