[Scottish] Hub/switch...

Miah Gregory scottish at mailman.lug.org.uk
Thu Jun 26 14:03:00 2003


On Thu, 26 Jun 2003, Mike Quin wrote:

> Another aproach would be to find any hub that takes a 5v supply at
> less than 500mA and butcher a USB lead to make a power supply.

If I remember correctly, some USB hubs (including those built in) won't
provide power until a device has properly connected, ie. talked it's way
through the handshakes etc.

I could be completely wrong though, it's been a while.

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Miah Gregory