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4 devices on USB hub vs 1 device on 4 ports
Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:28 am
by peeddrroo
i was wondering: is there a performance difference in using a USB hub with 4 devices connected to it, vs pluging each device to its own port?
except for an external drive, the devices are not really bandwidth hungry (mainly mouse/midi controlers)
Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:55 am
by Haselmeier
for mouse and midicontrollers, dongles and cardreaders it will work fine. (well, depence a bit upon the hub, i use the one from adaptech). As you mentioned, i also connect my usb-drives directly, well, in some cases it is silly, like a drive, which only keep my backups...
And, not every cable is fine, some of them are realy crab, so take care of the cables as well....
bye,
stefan
Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 2:01 pm
by Coupe70
are for example 4 usb ports on your laptop always 4 real (full bandwidth) ports or might it be an internal hub split into 4 ports ? and how can you check it ? in the system properties ?