Hi Guys,
I bought a Mac logoed 4 port Belkin USB 1.1 hub (with power supply) at Walmart that lets me hookup a USB printer, scanner, memory card reader to a USB enabled 8500 (A to B cable). But connecting another USB capable 7600 (A to A cable) into the hub doesn't let it see the other devices and neither the 8500. I thought USB hubs behave like Ethernet hubs. Worse is whenever I shutdown either Mac, each would immediately restart (have to unplug the 7600 for normal shutdown to happen). How can I connect 2 Macs to share the same peripherals and expect normal shutdown without restarting? (Macs on 9.1 and Apple USB card support 1.4.1). Thanks for any info.
USB hubs are not like Ethernet hubs.
USB is a one computer at a time system. You can't share it with another computer.
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