Hello,
Thanks for your reply. Sorry, I made an error with my
terminology - full speed = USB1.0, high speed = USB2.0 and super speed
= USB3.0. The thing is that If I plug in 4 devices via a hub into one
USB2.0 controller all devices must share the bandwidth and power for
that entire controller. I've foudn a card which has 4 * USB2.0
controllers but the minimum order quantity is 300 which is a bit steep
for me!
What I'm looking for is to plug 4 USB2.0 highs speed devices to run
at high speed on a USB3.0 super speed hub.
Is there a way to do that?
Cheers,
Neil
On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 5:03 PM, Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Dec 2010, Neil Benn wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am looking into plugging a bunch of USB2.0 webcams into a
>> USB3 connection. I wanted to connect a USB3.0 hub into a USB3.0 port
>> and then connect a few USB2.0 webcams to the USB3.0 hub which will
>> then have the bandwidth to connect the cameras at the highest speed of
>> USB2.0.
>>
>> However, I'm not sure if I can connect 4 USB2.0 webcams and then run
>> them at high speed down a USB3.0 port via a USB3.0 hub. Basically can
>> I connect 4 USB2.0 devices for them to run at full speed into one
>> USB3.0 port?
>
> Better than that, you can connect four USB-2 devices to a USB-3 hub and
> have them run at high speed, not just at full speed!
>
> On the other hand, you don't get any benefit from using the USB-3
> controller and hub when you do this. You might just as well use a
> USB-2 controller and/or a USB-2 hub.
>
> Alan Stern
>
>
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