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I've quickly run out of USB sockets on my Shuttle so I'm considered investing in a USB Hub. Is there any that people would recommend, or is there anything I should look out for? Surely there must be some limit as to how many USB devices you can route through one socket. [MH] |
USB Hubs
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Mike_Hunt 23,524 posts
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Shinji 5,902 posts
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Registered 20 years agoKensington make a lovely little hemispherical one with a bunch of sockets on the back and one on the top which is perfect for slapping USB keys into. It's USB 2, it's got activation lights for each socket, it's powered, it's pretty and shiny, and it's weighted so it doesn't slide around the place.
It's also more expensive than the usual cheapo USB2 hub but fuck it, IT'S SHINY.gif)
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Tricky 5,088 posts
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Registered 20 years agoI'd definitely recommend Saitek's USB 2.0 hub. It's also very shiny and the glow from the blue button at the top (which is the power button for the hub) diffuses nicely through the face of the hub in the dark - very cool and it's pretty small too. -
mentat 5,613 posts
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Registered 20 years agomaplin do some very cheap, small 4 port usb hubs. might be worth a gander? -
ssuellid 19,142 posts
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Registered 20 years ago255 is the limit IIRC.
Belkin do some nice stackable hubs. The only belkin product I would recommend. -
Mike_Hunt 23,524 posts
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Registered 19 years agoYou wouldn't happen to have a link or a model name/number would you Shinji?
Just call me Mr Magpie!
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Mike_Hunt 23,524 posts
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Registered 19 years agoTricky wrote:
OOooooo
I'd definitely recommend Saitek's USB 2.0 hub. It's also very shiny and the glow from the blue button at the top (which is the power button for the hub) diffuses nicely through the face of the hub in the dark - very cool and it's pretty small too.
/rubs legs
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Shinji 5,902 posts
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ssuellid 19,142 posts
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Registered 20 years agoThe belkin one has 7 ports, two on top and five on the front. You can stack them to add more ports. The top mounting ports are very handy for memory sticks. -
mal 29,326 posts
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Registered 20 years agoAh, otto - that's a 'self-powered' (a.k.a. unpowered) hub. They don't like being daisychained, as they're all drawing power from one USB hub originally. -
Mike - assuming I'm using the right address, I've just sent you an email I got from Maplin this morning, with some offers on it. -
ssuellid wrote:
255 is the limit IIRC.
Belkin do some nice stackable hubs. The only belkin product I would recommend.
Noooooo! Belkin are like the MacDonalds of cables and infrastructure... Kensington are a better make IMO. -
ssuellid 19,142 posts
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Registered 20 years agoNowt wrong with the Belkin hub tho - solid reliable and cheap for 7 ports. Unlike the routers, wireless cards etc which are crap. -
I was a bit overoptimistic with my setup. I have two USB ports on my laptop and nine devices needing connection. I linked my new display to my machine, and two separate powered four-port hubs to my display, one for my various hard drives, the other for stuff like the scanner, card reader, printer.
It worked, sort of. The external drives mounted, and I could access them. When I tried editing a video though it all went horribly wrong. Not sure what the trouble was exactly but it didn't like working through those multiple connections.
In future, sadly, I think I'll just have to hot-switch the devices I need directly to the computer's own port and use a hub just for the less fussy stuff. -
I've got the four port version of that Belkin one. It's exactly the same, just without the three on top (didn't like the cables sticking out). It's nice looking, with pretty green/red LEDs, and it does the job.
edit - I tell a lie, this is my one. Nice, but lightweight, it does have tendency to fall down the back of the desk (especially when the wife pushes it out of the way).
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mal wrote:
No, mine's powered.
Ah, otto - that's a 'self-powered' (a.k.a. unpowered) hub. They don't like being daisychained, as they're all drawing power from one USB hub originally.
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