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| Thread ID: 75744 | 2007-01-08 23:49:00 | "Just plug both PCs into the USB hub" | george12 (7) | PC World Chat |
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| 514026 | 2007-01-08 23:49:00 | Hi, I just bought a new HP all-in-one printer and I'm perplexed by a strange part of the manual. It says, Using your HP printer with more than one computer To use this device with more than one computer at once, simply connect the HP printer to a USB 1.1 or USB 2.0 hub, and plug both computers into the hub. You will need to install the printer software on both machines. Apart from this not ringing true at all, how could you even plug two computers into the PC port of a hub, without modifying a cable, which surely couldn't work? What are they on about? |
george12 (7) | ||
| 514027 | 2007-01-09 00:32:00 | I have a couple of devices at home of my sole PC sharing a 2 port USB 2.0 Hub. I don't see why it wouldn't work as long as both PCs had the printer drivers loaded. | winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 514028 | 2007-01-09 01:07:00 | Start with both puters shut down, then plug the USB hub into the root puter, and the other puter into a port on the back of the hub . Boot up the root and then the second puter . Wait till the balloons go away all on their own unless it says they are ready to use . . . the FOUND NEW HARDWARE balloon is still trying to work things out . . . don't kill it! Let them establish parity with each other (hopefully they both have the same OPSYS . . . that makes it a lot easier) Shut off both puters using the soft switch (CTRL then U and then U again) and plug the printer into another open USB port in the hub, and fire up the root unit 1st, then the second unit . Making sure the printer is ON, they should both establish communication with each other . . . it works for me here and it should for you too . Again, let the DISCOVERY balloon go away all by itself . . . if it says: "You can use it now" or words to that effect, then you can X that one out . I use XP-Pro, and that in itself may be an answer too for this happening so easy for me; it could work for you too . I have not had to collect IP addresses or names or whatever else I have heard of . . . . no troubles at all . I recommend using a dynamically powered hub though . . . it is a lot nicer for the PSU on the root unit to not have the extra electrical load . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 514029 | 2007-01-09 01:32:00 | You will of course need a different type of USB cable to connect the 2nd computer to the USB hub. The root / main PC will connect with a standard USB A-B cable but the 2nd will need to be USB A-A. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 514030 | 2007-01-09 02:05:00 | You will of course need a different type of USB cable to connect the 2nd computer to the USB hub. The root / main PC will connect with a standard USB A-B cable but the 2nd will need to be USB A-A. Has anyone tried this? It could be quite useful if it works. |
hcl (10925) | ||
| 514031 | 2007-01-09 03:00:00 | Yeah . . . I forgot about the flipped USB cable . . but I believe it's only necessary if going directly from one USB on a tower to another USB on another tower . . . . . . . there'll be more info soon I am sure . . . . :blush: You might get that windows (a BSOD version) that says: "Windows detected that you tried to do something really stupid and shut off you computer to keep the smoke alarm from sounding" . . or words to that effect . I personally use a Router |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 514032 | 2007-01-09 05:28:00 | I wouldn't ever try it, I would use a network. I'm just shocked that it's possible, as it goes against my instinctive sense of logic. It's on the same playing field in my mind of trying to make a poor man's ethernet hub by tying the wires together (not going to work). But it does in this case ..... ;o |
george12 (7) | ||
| 514033 | 2007-01-09 05:42:00 | it actually works? i never would have thought it would | Dannz (1668) | ||
| 514034 | 2007-01-09 05:47:00 | I've seen posts about doing it that way...USB-to-USB (shopper.cnet.com)...but I never was interested so I didn't read the articles...but I know that others have done it..I think one part that stuck out was "slow speeds...really really slow speeds" or something like that. Here's another article (www.usbgear.com) BTW: Elvis would be 72 y/o today... |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 514035 | 2007-01-09 08:24:00 | I've seen posts about doing it that way...USB-to-USB (shopper.cnet.com)...but I never was interested so I didn't read the articles...but I know that others have done it..I think one part that stuck out was "slow speeds...really really slow speeds" or something like that. Here's another article (www.usbgear.com) BTW: Elvis would be 72 y/o today... Those aren't what it's talking about. It's talking about plugging two computers into a standard USB hub and them both seeing and using the device plugged into the hub. Edit: Wait ...... you obviously understand that. I don't follow what you're talking about this time...? The links look like a normal USB-USB network emulator thing. |
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