Re:Q: How does USB hubs work? Re: Multiple USB Devices

2007-01-31 Thread Joe Pfeiffer
Robert Michel writes: >> >> Brilliant! Thanks for that :-) > >So now the question, how does an USB hub work? >Can we plug in the host on any port? Short form: USB is strictly a hierarchical, tree-structured network. There is one host, which may connect to the upstream port on a hub; you can then

Re:Q: How does USB hubs work? Re: Multiple USB Devices

2007-01-31 Thread michael
On Wed, 31 Jan 2007, Joe Pfeiffer wrote: ... A compliant hub does not supply any power to the upstream device. If you plug the Neo in to the upstream side of the hub (so it thinks it's a host), it can't be charged by the hub. Of course, there are *lots* of noncompliant devices out there, i