On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 03:03:52PM -0700, Tomas Kuchta wrote: > Two USB devices are twice as fast only if you can connect them to two > separate root hubs in the PC. > > I'd check this before being too optimistic: > a) do you have 2 root hubs - unlikely in a laptop without a dock or TB port. > b) Did you connect the devices to separate root hub ports physically? > > Unless you have done a) and b) it is just by chance.
Good point - but you should do (a) and (b) anyway. I use docks to reduce connector wear on laptops in fixed locations, which is where the external drives are. I presume by "TB" you mean Thunderbolt, not Terabyte or Tuberculosis. Ellis Island was a TB port a century ago. Keith -- Keith Lofstrom kei...@keithl.com _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug