USB Hub

albert · January 15, 2003, 03:47:23 PM

Anyone know of a decent external USB hub with the latest USB standard that has it's own power supply and doesn't steal power from the PC? The cheaper the better, 4 ports min.

sheepy · January 15, 2003, 04:00:53 PM

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/cgi-bin/sh00...#aNW_2d001_2dBE

yes thats a link, down the bottom of that page. 24:50 4 port

albert · January 15, 2003, 04:47:54 PM

Cheers Sheepy, It's good for the price, only drawback of that one is it is USB1.1. Not an issue straight away but USB 2 is out and is 40 times faster than USB1.1. I suppose useful for future devices. I think this one looks the business:

http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage...USB20%2FHubs%2F

for Â£29.37 from dabs

any other suggestions ?

sheepy · January 15, 2003, 04:52:03 PM

that was the 1st and only one i came across on the site i usually look at.

Stryker · January 15, 2003, 04:52:16 PM

yeah, stop being cheap :-)

albert · January 15, 2003, 04:55:43 PM

Quoteyeah, stop being cheap :-)

Me cheap, I'm Scottish, we're never cheap!

I just ordered the one from dabs, the USB 2.0 looks good with a 480Mbps transfer rate compared 12Mbps over USB 1.1 ! So worth the extra Â£5.

Stryker · January 15, 2003, 04:57:07 PM

Quote from: albert
Quoteyeah, stop being cheap :-)

Me cheap, I'm Scottish, we're never cheap!
quote]

my condolances

Anonymous · January 15, 2003, 05:14:26 PM

QuoteCheers Sheepy, It's good for the price, only drawback of that one is it is USB1.1. Not an issue straight away but USB 2 is out and is 40 times faster than USB1.1. I suppose useful for future devices. I think this one looks the business:

http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage...USB20%2FHubs%2F

for Â£29.37 from dabs

any other suggestions ?

I use the belkin USB2 4 port hub. Self powered, is USB 2 and supports USB 1.1 quite happily. NB it only runs USB 2 if you plug it into USB 2 port on PC. If it goes into USB 1.1 port it acts as USB 1.1 device. You can also run it without the power supply for low current devices (joysticks etc)

albert · January 15, 2003, 05:18:21 PM

BlueBall, that's exactly the on eI just ordered

Looks fine, and I have USB1.1 ports on my PC.

Anonymous · January 15, 2003, 05:20:50 PM

wot a clever chap you r :-)

albert · January 16, 2003, 12:47:05 PM

Good ole dabs, I got my hub already, ordered yesterday afternoon delivered today!
Works great, exactly what I was after, no more stretched cables all over the place for my nostromo and in fact....

I can now fit the nostromo nicely into a space beside my keyboard allowing me to use the TAB, Caps Lock, Left Shift and CTRL keys as easy as if I was using my full sized keyboard!

Stryker · January 16, 2003, 02:00:37 PM

do you work from home albert?