Re: Plugging USB2 webcam into a USB 3 socket

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> Four devices all plugged into the same controller are going to have to
> share bandwidth no matter what; there's no way around it.  That's true
> even if you use a USB-3 controller and USB-3 hub.  If the hub is
> powered, the devices can draw their power from the hub instead of from
> the controller.

Yep but the USB3 controller has more bandwidth so I can stream more
data from my attached devices.

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>>   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.
>
> Why not use a USB-2 controller and a USB-2 hub?

The reason for this is that I don't have enough bandwidth with one
USB2 controller - I'm trying to stream 4 cameras at 'whatever the
maximum is for a USB2 controller'.

>
>>   Is there a way to do that?
>
> According to Greg, you can't buy a working USB-3 hub.  So I'd guess no,
> there isn't.  Not yet, anyway.

We've got (what claims to be a) USB3 hub (it is not next to me as it
is on the other guy's desk) but it is not working for 4 * USB webcams.

>
> Alan Stern
>
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