Powered or unpowered, my experience is that hubs are very rarely as reliable as PCI cards. I, too, have previously seen situations where things did work and then stopped working where a hub was involved. Any one of a number of reasons could be at the root of this happening, but I would bet that the problem won�t recur if you replace the hub with a PCI card.
I know that people always want to fix the solution they already have, but sometimes it really is better to just scrap the things that don�t work, bank the time that you haven�t wasted trying to get it to work, and move on to a solution that does! I think it�s called tough medicine, or something like that... Nick > > On 28 Apr 2004, at 18:22, Nick Collingridge wrote: > >> My personal view is that you�re always better off with a 4 port PCI >> USB 1.1 >> or 2.0 card rather than a hub � in my experience they�re always much >> less >> trouble and you avoid problems of power limitations and, with USB 1.1, >> the >> limited bandwidth of a single port being spread too thinly. So my >> recommendation would be too fit a PCI card and forget the hub. >> >> Nick >> > > Point taken Nick and I was careful to make sure I bought a powered hub > to offset some of the well know disadvantages.. The annoying thing is > that it worked and has worked for some considerable time. Nothing > changed. Baffling and very annoying. > Drew -- Mac UK is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac UK list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-uk.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-uk%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
