[ale] usb device distribution among machines?

[Christopher Bergeron]

Hey guys -

I just found this at thinkgeek and I figured I'd pass it along on this 
[albeit old] thread so it might some of the interested list members, or 
some future googlers.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/5f2a/

It's a USB distribution hub.  It allows you to use USB devices among 
multiple PCs (as I was searching for when I started the thread).

Best regards,
CB




Geoffrey wrote:

> Since usb support in Linux is (for the most part) 'hotpluggable' I 
> believe your only solution is to unplug the device from one machine 
> and plug it in the other.  Now you can access devices on one machine 
> from another via a network, but I don't think you can actually use usb 
> to 'network' the devices to more then one machine at a time.
>
> Christopher Bergeron wrote:
>
>> Hi guys - I hope this isn't an obvious question, it's just something 
>> I'm very unfamiliar with right now.  Is it possible to use a USB hub 
>> to distribute devices among separate machines?  I have some toys 
>> (powermate, webcam, CF/SDcard reader, etc.) that are USB, and I'd 
>> like to be able to use them from any of my [USB capable] machines.
>> Can I do this with a USB hub or can I do it period?
>>
>> thanks,
>> CB
>>
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