Using a USB Hub on Linux ?

Mikkel mikkel at infinity-ltd.com
Fri Oct 9 20:36:08 UTC 2009


Mark Perew wrote:
> Folks -
> 
> You can argue that USB isn't supposed to do this, but in reality it
> works.  My wife uses Windows XP and I set her up with an IOGear USB
> 2.0 Peripherals Sharing Hub, model GUB201.  It has worked wothout a
> hitch in letting her switch one printer between her desktop and
> laptop.
> 
> Ergo, it CAN be done.
> 
Please do not top post. It is frowned upon on this mailing list, and
goes ageist the list guidelines.

It can be done with a switch, but not a hub. The "Peripherals
Sharing Hub" is really a switch by another name. The OP did not want
to use a USB switch. (I am not sure he knew about automatic USB
switches, or software controlled ones.)

Mikkel
-- 

A:  Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q:  Why is top-posting a bad thing?


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