Hello Mike, Thursday, 26 June 2003, you wrote:
MQ> On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 02:02:29PM +0100 or thereabouts, Miah Gregory wrote: >> If I remember correctly, some USB hubs (including those built in) won't >> provide power until a device has properly connected, ie. talked it's way >> through the handshakes etc. >> I could be completely wrong though, it's been a while. MQ> I can't claim to know much about this, but if that were the case MQ> wouldn't it render devices with no external power supply useless - MQ> they wouldn't be able to gnerate a handshake without USB power. Sounds likely! It's the ethernet hub I was after. Thanks Mike. They look just like the thing. Just need to find a UK supplier now. Cheers, Mark. _______________________________________________ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish