Thanks Yvonne - this looks good.
To those who suggested daisy chaining, in the interests of energy
conservation I only switch on what I intend to use in a session, and I
have several "plug & play" items that get moved around the house
(movie cameras, hard drives, with 6 users including me in 4 different
locations in the house) so a hub on the main computer helps meet both
these needs.
Re possible power surges, as Severin says the failures were at
different times, and in my case I got the hub second hand 3 or 4 years
ago so have no idea of age and usage so I'm not complaining.
Thanks to all.
Cheers,
Tony.
On 27/03/2009, at 6:56 PM, wyv...@iinet.net.au wrote:
Hi Severin and Tony
my firewire hub is an Aten 6 port and I just googled and found them
available from a few places. I have had mine for ages and although
it has its own power supply I have always used it unpowered with no
problems at all.
http://www.shopbot.com.au/pp-aten-fh-600-price-37725.html
Yvonne
On 27/03/2009, at 4:55 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:
My 6 port Swann Firewire hub appears to have carked it. The
computer firewire is fine and a drive plugged straight in mounts.
The power supply is probably OK as the indicator light on the hub
is on. I am unable to find a replacement at this stage, in fact
firewire hubs seem to be a vanishing beast. Can anyone offer a
helping suggestion, I really need this with 5 external devices
connected.
Severin Crisp
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