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| 410649 | 2005-12-06 12:39:00 | Does such a creature exist so 2 pc's can have their usb2 cables go to a splitter that then has 1 cable output for printer? Previoulsy when using printer cable I had switching device to achieve but looking on web nothing seems to be there for USB...yet. |
gel (9376) | ||
| 410650 | 2005-12-06 18:22:00 | Do you mean a hub?? dse.resultspage.com 754&site=&w=Usb+hub&submit.x=16&submit.y=6 hth |
johnboy (217) | ||
| 410651 | 2005-12-06 18:42:00 | There are USB switches that would do the job: www.ascent.co.nz |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 410652 | 2005-12-11 18:43:00 | Thanks guys. The Belkin item here www.dabs.com nearly does the business in that the 2 ports on back would accept the printer leads from my 2 PC's, but the plug configuration isnt right,; no doubt I could get an adapter for that. ie the plug end needs to be type that fits into back of USB2 printer |
gel (9376) | ||
| 410653 | 2005-12-11 21:54:00 | I'd have thought that a normal USB A-B cable would have connected the switch to your printer? | Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 410654 | 2005-12-12 00:45:00 | The "square" (B) USB connectors are used only at the non-computer end; The "rectangular" (A) connectors are used only at the computer end. So a USB switch, or hub, or switching hub, should have both sorts of socket. If it takes 2 computers, it must have 2 B sockets, and one A socket for each device it can handle. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 410655 | 2005-12-12 01:14:00 | dse.resultspage.com 753&site=&w=usb+hub | Cicero (40) | ||
| 410656 | 2005-12-12 03:14:00 | Those hubs on the DSE site are ordinary hubs. They have only one CPU connector. DSE used to have 2 in 4 out USB switches; I bought one from them. But it was on special, so I guess they didn't sell very well, and they didn't get any more. ;) | Graham L (2) | ||
| 410657 | 2005-12-12 03:36:00 | Thanks guys. The Belkin item here www.dabs.com nearly does the business in that the 2 ports on back would accept the printer leads from my 2 PC's, but the plug configuration isnt right,; no doubt I could get an adapter for that. ie the plug end needs to be type that fits into back of USB2 printer Note it says USB 1.1 also. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 410658 | 2005-12-12 04:12:00 | A more specific search ("usb switch" then "XH6820") in DSE found the support page for the XH6820, which is a 2 in 4 out switch they once stocked. The XH4300 is just a hub. The downloadable PDF manual for the XH6820 describes it as having "... two type B USB upstream connectors for the computers four type A USB downstream connectors for peripherals one USB host selection switch ..." I'm not sure if that's the one I've got ... What DSE stock now are just hubs: 1 in; 2 or 4 out. A switch is not a hub. A hub is not a switch. It's the internal logic and external connectors which matter. |
Graham L (2) | ||
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