One way of handling communication with VDS protocol-based vehicles is by using Networked cable communication. This requires that a LAN infrastructure is established at the workshop to which the VDS protocol-based vehicles can be connected via standard Ethernet cables. A VDS protocol-based vehicle connected to the LAN infrastructure is then accessible from any VIDA workstation in the workshop.

A standard Ethernet cable can be connected directly from the vehicle into the VIDA workstation. This is called Peer-to-peer cabel communication. This connection must be used for fault tracing while driving and is required in a few special repair cases (e.g. after replacement of the VCM control unit in a vehicle). The limitation of using the peer-to-peer solution is that only the one VIDA workstation that is connected the vehicle, can reach the vehicle.