Solve : USB Network Hub question?

1.	Solve : USB Network Hub question?
Answer» I have multiple computers and serials for one game, but only have one game cd. Are there USB Network Hubs that would allow two or more computers to SEE the same dvd rom to access the cd so each computer can verify the dvd presance, at the same time?No, USB and Ethernet adapters do not do what you want. Many games reacquire that users each have a commercial , paid for, copy of the game. Or, in some sades, a limited number of users can play together over a local network with only one CD. On this FORUM we can not tell you how to circumvent copyright and license restrictions of the owners of the software. But if you have a local game club and wish to buy the game min bulk quantities, contact the original producer of the game. But in any case, you might go to their web site ans see if they have some way you can do what you want to do. Maybe the game is free now. Who knows? Quote from: pcjoseph1974 on August 04, 2011, 10:17:25 PM I have multiple computers and serials for one game, but only have one game cd. Are there USB Network Hubs that would allow two or more computers to see the same dvd rom to access the cd so each computer can verify the dvd presance, at the same time? No. There's no way by which more than one computer can access the cd running on the same dvd rom.I never mentioned that they were pirated games, nor is it circumventing copyright protection. Don't be so hasty to assume, I'm not a game pirater. I have over 2000 computer games and am a little offended that you assume I am trying to pirate a game. I purchased 4 copies of Bulletstorm and one cd was stepped on and cracked. You do not need the cd to play the game once its presence is verified. Do you even need a Network USB Hub to do this, or can you do it through file sharing? I know people have done this. This is what servers are for. At work we can all access one local HD and DVD Rom, but I don't have the money that it takes to set that up. I was hoping a USB Network Hub would suffice so that the 2 computer would acknowledge the presence of one disk. the reason you can do that at work is because a router and a SWITCH conected to a server . But what you are wanteing to doi is not possable with a usb network hub ..I was not calling you a pirate. If I just tell you how to do it, other members here will jump on me. On a LAN a CD-ROM can be shared over a network. File and Print sharing must be on. Users must have permissions to read stuff on other PCs of the work group. You select the CD-ROM in MyComputer. RIGHT click and select properties, That should be a tab for sharing. Follow the instructions there. In some systems it is not possible to share a CD-ROM. Also, depending of the license terms, a shared CD-ROM might not verify itself as an original CD. Many Business applications do not allow LAN sharing of a CD ROM. Administrators find ways to work around this and believe what then do is not a legal issue. Yes, I know the workaround. At the time I lived in a REGION where US copyright law was not enforced or recognized by the government. But now I am back in the USA and I have to obey the law. Also, some game makers did not make any effort to n prevent you from running a program on two different computers at the same chime. and just one CD.

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I have multiple computers and serials for one game, but only have one game cd. Are there USB Network Hubs that would allow two or more computers to SEE the same dvd rom to access the cd so each computer can verify the dvd presance, at the same time?No, USB and Ethernet adapters do not do what you want.

Many games reacquire that users each have a commercial , paid for, copy of the game. Or, in some sades, a limited number of users can play together over a local network with only one CD.

On this FORUM we can not tell you how to circumvent copyright and license restrictions of the owners of the software. But if you have a local game club and wish to buy the game min bulk quantities, contact the original producer of the game.

But in any case, you might go to their web site ans see if they have some way you can do what you want to do. Maybe the game is free now. Who knows?

Quote from: pcjoseph1974 on August 04, 2011, 10:17:25 PM

I have multiple computers and serials for one game, but only have one game cd. Are there USB Network Hubs that would allow two or more computers to see the same dvd rom to access the cd so each computer can verify the dvd presance, at the same time?

No. There's no way by which more than one computer can access the cd running on the same dvd rom.I never mentioned that they were pirated games, nor is it circumventing copyright protection. Don't be so hasty to assume, I'm not a game pirater. I have over 2000 computer games and am a little offended that you assume I am trying to pirate a game. I purchased 4 copies of Bulletstorm and one cd was stepped on and cracked. You do not need the cd to play the game once its presence is verified. Do you even need a Network USB Hub to do this, or can you do it through file sharing? I know people have done this. This is what servers are for. At work we can all access one local HD and DVD Rom, but I don't have the money that it takes to set that up. I was hoping a USB Network Hub would suffice so that the 2 computer would acknowledge the presence of one disk. the reason you can do that at work is because a router and a SWITCH conected to a server . But what you are wanteing to doi is not possable with a usb network hub ..I was not calling you a pirate. If I just tell you how to do it, other members here will jump on me.

On a LAN a CD-ROM can be shared over a network. File and Print sharing must be on. Users must have permissions to read stuff on other PCs of the work group.

You select the CD-ROM in MyComputer. RIGHT click and select properties, That should be a tab for sharing. Follow the instructions there.

In some systems it is not possible to share a CD-ROM. Also, depending of the license terms, a shared CD-ROM might not verify itself as an original CD. Many Business applications do not allow LAN sharing of a CD ROM. Administrators find ways to work around this and believe what then do is not a legal issue.

Yes, I know the workaround. At the time I lived in a REGION where US copyright law was not enforced or recognized by the government. But now I am back in the USA and I have to obey the law.

Also, some game makers did not make any effort to n prevent you from running a program on two different computers at the same chime. and just one CD.

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