Re: Which USB hub

"Trevor Hemsley" <Trevor.Hemsley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:26:59 UTC in comp.os.linux.hardware, "Johannes
Beekhuizen" <jbeekhui@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

With or without power supply?

100% "With". Otherwise you are limited to the amount of power that can be
derived from the host port and that won't be enough to drive more than one
device attached to the port.

I have my trackball, keyboard, scanner and DVD drive plugged into mine
and they all work just fine. Mind you, I haven't tried burning a CD
/while/ scanning a document or anything, and I'll happily agree that I'd
not have had much grounds for complaint had it not worked, but in
practice I seem to often get away with that sort of thing just fine.

Mark
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