rlhar...@oplink.net a écrit : > On Sat, November 7, 2015 4:26 am, Pascal Hambourg wrote: >> Doesn't your i386 machine have an available USB port ? >> Or does IPCop2 just not include USB drivers ? > > It has a USB-2 port; and I suppose I can purchase a PCI card with a USB-3 > port at the computer store.
Why would you need a USB 3 port ? Doesn't a USB 2 port provide enough throughput ? > In the IPCop manual, the only mention I see of USB is under [2.4 network > menu][2.4.1 dialup]: > >>From the IPCop 2.0 manual: > INTERFACE. This will be either a Communications port (COM1-COM5, > ttyUSB0-4, noz0-1, ttyHS0-3, or usb/ttyACM0-3) used mostly for modems > and ISDN cards, or PPPoE which is used mostly for DSL connections. > >>From the IPCop 1.4 manual: > INTERFACE. This will be either a Communications port (COM1-COM5, > ACM0-ACM3 or USB0-USB1) used mostly for modems and ISDN cards, or > PPPoE which is used mostly for DSL connections. These are serial ports, not network interfaces. With the proper driver, an ethernet over USB device will appear as a regular network interface in ifconfig. Well, the interface name may be different from the usual ethX, such as usbX.
