Davy_S
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I also use a Toshiba satellite, mine is 5 years old,ports are USB 11, I can only presume yours must be the same.
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jb2008
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If you plug a USB2 device into a USB1 port in windows you'll
get a message about a hi speed device being plugged into a
low speed port. If you don't get the message then it's probably
USB2. Other than that, google the model number, I had a satellite
in '98, it didn't have usb. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
USB1 was starting to be replaced around 2002, anything newer
than 2005 will almost certainly be USB2 and most from before
then will be as well. The v2 sepc was released in 2000.
For the chapter and verse including numerous recommendations
that the way to put a USB device a long way from the PC is to
use a powered hub on the end of a long cable go to the USB
people:-
http://www.usb.org/about/faq/ans5
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Q4: I need to put a USB device X distance from my PC. What do I do?
A4: If X is less than 25m or so (see previous question), buy a bunch of hubs and connect them serially with 5m cables. If you need to go farther than that, put another PC, or maybe a laptop, out where you need the device to be and network it with the first PC using something that's intended to be a long-range connection, such as Ethernet or RS-485. If you need to use nothing but USB, consider using USB based Ethernet adapters to hook the PCs together.
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If, as has been suggested, the device won't run from a hub
then find a device that's in spec. All USB devices _should_
work from a hub. Out of spec. devices are annoying.
The hub will be powered at around 6v which is easily acquired
via a dc/dc converter you can get both from Maplin very cheaply.
get a message about a hi speed device being plugged into a
low speed port. If you don't get the message then it's probably
USB2. Other than that, google the model number, I had a satellite
in '98, it didn't have usb. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
USB1 was starting to be replaced around 2002, anything newer
than 2005 will almost certainly be USB2 and most from before
then will be as well. The v2 sepc was released in 2000.
For the chapter and verse including numerous recommendations
that the way to put a USB device a long way from the PC is to
use a powered hub on the end of a long cable go to the USB
people:-
http://www.usb.org/about/faq/ans5
[ QUOTE ]
Q4: I need to put a USB device X distance from my PC. What do I do?
A4: If X is less than 25m or so (see previous question), buy a bunch of hubs and connect them serially with 5m cables. If you need to go farther than that, put another PC, or maybe a laptop, out where you need the device to be and network it with the first PC using something that's intended to be a long-range connection, such as Ethernet or RS-485. If you need to use nothing but USB, consider using USB based Ethernet adapters to hook the PCs together.
[/ QUOTE ]
If, as has been suggested, the device won't run from a hub
then find a device that's in spec. All USB devices _should_
work from a hub. Out of spec. devices are annoying.
The hub will be powered at around 6v which is easily acquired
via a dc/dc converter you can get both from Maplin very cheaply.
stewsam
Well-Known Member
Another way to do it is buy a signal booster, I've got one at home although mine was a couple of hundred quid, or you can buy a 3g router that then changes the signal to WiFi then you can use more than one device with...you can buy either from ebay