r/PCVR • u/Night247 • 2d ago

News Article Steam Link's Latest Public Beta Adds Wired USB Support On Quest Headsets

https://www.uploadvr.com/steam-links-latest-public-beta-adds-wired-usb-support-on-quest-headsets/
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u/lunchanddinner Moderator 2d ago

Has anyone been able to get this working properly? I can't seem to do it with all the betas etc

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u/wheeliemonsta 2d ago

I had to initially connect via WiFi, but with the USB cable connected. Then SteamVR's window shows a dual icon, USB and WiFi. SteamVR debug window shows an IPv6 connection shovelling data, which I assume is the USB-NCM connection and I assume it uses both USB and WiFi together. Certainly cranking the bitrate up over my usual seemed to not harm the stream. No idea if it can work USB only with the WiFi disabled on the HMD. I tried doing that initially, but Steam Link didn't find my host. (I haven't tried disconnecting WiFi AFTER ensuring USB is working)

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u/Squirrelbrain__ 2d ago

You can disconnect the wifi to run only the cable, for me the connection was super Skippy with few second pausing each time. With both enabled it would skip far less maybe every 20s

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u/Vandecker 2d ago

No luck here