To make a very long story short, I'm trying to recover a 17GB XP backup
from a damaged (damaged data structures, not damaged hardware)
USB disk.

Knoppix can read the NTFS partition just fine - XP can't . I'm
trying to copy the backup on to an XP machine that has enough space;
once I do that I'll be able to restore it and move on.

Using Samba on Knoppix to copy the file over ordinary, full-duplex
100 BaseT seems like it will take several days. This seems to be a
known problem (excessive early collisions) that M$ blames on overly
aggressive network cards.

So, I want to use a USB-to-USB network hub to move the data.

The USB hub is recognized by Knoppix and visible in usbview as well as
in the system messages. However, I can't deduce the device name
from usbview.

ifconfig -a does not show the USB hub.

So, how do I configure the USB hub as a network interface?

I've looked at linux-usb.org and I can't quite grasp the solution. Presumably I need to find another module and load it?

knoppix version 2.4.26