USB Port Replicator

[Vince Fry]

I was actually thinking about this:
http://www.targus.com/ca/product_details.asp?sku=ACP50CA

I contacted Targus, but, unsurprisingly, they claim it only supports
'Doze.

Taavi, if I'm understanding you correctly, this would just act as a USB
hub?

Vince

On Wed, 2005-22-06 at 13:47 -0400, Taavi Burns wrote:

> On 6/22/05, Marcus Brubaker <marcus.brubaker-H217xnMUJC0sA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > Vince Fry wrote:
> > 
> > >Does anyone have any experience using one of these? I'm running Ubuntu
> > >on an Acer Aspire 1362, and would like to just connect it through a
> > >replicator so I can just attach one cable when I get to work, instead of
> > >video, keyboard, mouse, ethernet, etc.
> > >
> > >Any help is greatly appreciated!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > The Dell keyboard that I got with my Inspiron 8600 has a built in USB
> > port replicator and I've never had any problems with it working on FC3.
> > Not sure if that was just luck or generally expected behaviour.
> 
> They're generally known as "USB Hubs" and are quite standard.  If one
> didn't work with Linux, it'd have no business working with Windows or
> OSX either.
> 
> There are two varieties of hub: powered and unpowered.  The former has
> a wall wart, and the latter just sits on the USB bus.  Depending on
> what kinds of devices you intend to plug in, and how many USB hubs you
> intend to use (daisy-chained) this might make a difference.  If the
> only peripherals you use are keyboard, mouse, and self-powered printer
> and scanner, any random USB hub should work just fine.  If you have a
> USB-powered scanner, webcam, and Midiman, you might consider getting a
> powered hub.
> 
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