USB hubs

Rickz0rz · Post by **Rickz0rz** » Mon Nov 10, 2003 12:43 am

I finally got around to getting a USB to Xbox adapter. I only bought one, believing that I could hook up a USB hub to it, and when I'm not using the xbox, use that USB hub elsewhere. Now, is this possible, to use a USB hub on the xbox, and if so, should it be self powered?

fuz · Post by **fuz** » Mon Nov 10, 2003 2:14 am

a usb hub must have an external power supply.. usb will only supply 5v and that is not enough power for a hub of usb

i have not tested usb hubs yet but i assum being as its Universal Serial Bus as the name suggests it should just automatically map... check the linux usb project i think its linux-usb.org or similair (try google) but i cant see it being a problem

errr rtfm

XBoxgeek · Post by **XBoxgeek** » Mon Nov 10, 2003 7:54 am

Yep a hub works fine. I have a Belkin 4 port hub.

I use 1 port for a keyboard, 1 for a mouse & 1 for a web cam. I do not use an external power supply.

Works great.

Xboxgeek

nobspangle · Post by **nobspangle** » Mon Nov 10, 2003 8:31 am

fuz wrote:a usb hub must have an external power supply.. usb will only supply 5v and that is not enough power for a hub of usb

This is rubbish USB is designed to have self powered hubs, it is part of the spec. You only need powered hubs if you are chaining hubs together or if you are running high power devices such as scanners or digital cameras, disk drives etc. off of the hub itself. Mice, keyboards, webcams or any device with it's own power supply are fine on a self powered hub.

fuz · Post by **fuz** » Mon Nov 10, 2003 10:49 am

thats a world gone topsy turvy

all the hubs ive seen have external power.. maybe its just australia being behind or me not being observant..

eh.. my bad

enf65 · Post by **enf65** » Wed Nov 12, 2003 7:21 pm

HUBS are always sold with an external power, even is it's not always needed. It is the same for USB devices which need more power. My USB harddrive works well without external power if I plug it directly into the xbox, but I must use it if I plug the hd into a hub.

nobspangle · Post by **nobspangle** » Wed Nov 12, 2003 7:38 pm

enf65 wrote:HUBS are always sold with an external power

This isn't true either just as an example here is a USB hub that is sold without a power supply and has no way of being powered bar over the USB port http://www.dabs.com/uk/productView.htm?quicklinx=169Q

fuz · Post by **fuz** » Wed Nov 12, 2003 9:15 pm

well i am now an enlightened citizen

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