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Originally Posted by Eric S. Smith View Post
What you're interested in is "USB host mode". The short answer is, "no, not out of the box." The long answer is, I believe, that some people have hacked some gear together using spliced USB cables and batteries and the Linux-based flasher utility....
Originally Posted by aleksandyr View Post
There is in fact (sort of) USB-OTG support available. It's not for the faint of heart, but can in fact be enabled using a custom kernel and a simple USB B-to-B adapter, no soldering required.
Eric & aleksandyr, do you think a WUSB dongle could be hooked up this way?
CNET
Such systems typically have two components: a "dongle" that plugs into a PC's wired USB port and gives the computer Wireless USB abilities, and a hub with four wired USB ports for connecting current devices
Wireless USB gadgets trickle into marketplace

Last edited by ichmoimeyo; 2007-07-17 at 23:50.