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In response to "STIS: is this a good USB splitter? -- (link)" by Beaker

What are you connecting to it? Some devices such as printers, External Hard drives pull enough power that a powered hub is required if they are

Posted by JD (aka Jason Dean) Jul 22 '20, 09:30

operating simultaneously. The unpowered hubs take the power that it can pull from the computer's USB port and makes it available to the devices plugged into the hub. So if the total power draw of the devices exceeds power available from the computer USB port, things are going to work slowly if at all.

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work laptop and my main home computer -- nm - Beaker Jul 22, 09:31 3
- EIL5. How does that work? I always had in mind that one needed some type of special USB cable to connect one PC to another -- nm - JD Jul 22, 09:34 2
  - home computer and work laptop just have 2 USB ports. Both have a mouse and a keyboard; so just want some extras for headphones, mic etc -- nm - Beaker Jul 22, 09:35 1
    - Ahh got it. Poorly worded question on my part 8-) You should be fine with headphones and so on with that basic hub - JD Jul 22, 09:43

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