[ale] ApproxOT: USB hubs

Alex Carver agcarver+ale at acarver.net
Sat Feb 9 12:50:47 EST 2013


Hey guys,

Any recommendations for USB hubs that have plenty of ports, support 
partitioning properly (so that my V1.1 devices don't slow down my 
V2.0's) and won't catch fire? :)  That last bit is because one of the 
two Belkins that I have overheated (probably a poorly underdesigned 
regulator with no heat sinking).  Specifically it's one of the stackable 
7-port units F5U237.  I have another that seems to be working fine but 
the first one started to yank the bus around which would just crash 
everything eventually as hardware showed up and disappeared randomly. 
Eventually it seems to have stopped working entirely.

Thanks!


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