So, after getting some time back on my PC again, I’ve now managed to set up my NSLU2 with a USB 2.0 Hub. I first tried it with my belkin 7 port hub thats connected to my windows box to check it worked, and it did, so I went out and purchased a small 4 port hub to leave plugged into my NSLU2.
The one I went for in the end was an Advent one from PC World for £9.99:
When it scanned in the till, it came up as £24.99 much to my shock, though they sold it to me at the shelf price of £9.99.
It does have some stupid colour changing light on the top of the hub (the white bit) though it is actually quite useful as a reminder that my Linksys NSLU2 is actually turned on, as I can’t see the slug itself as its hidden behind my monitor and I can’t miss the light on the hub!
It doesn’t come with a power supply (which I wasn’t too bothered about, as my printer is normally turned off anyway!) though it does have a power socket to allow one to be plugged in.
This plugs into the disk2 usb port of the slug, and then in the hub I’ve got my second hard disk, and my printer currently plugged into the hub, leaving me two ports spare to ponder what to run next 🙂
I might have a try getting my webcam working, but I don’t think it’s going to be straight forward as it’s a very old logitech quickcam express.
I’m pretty certain now that the Hub is causing some instabilities of the NSLU2.
I’m going to try putting my powered hub into the NSLU, and the unpowered one into the PC. I suspect the hub is drawing too much current from the NSLU and causing it to crash.
Hopefully by using a powered hub, this should stop the power draw and leave the NSLU a little more stable.
So – I removed my WebCam from the hub and currently it all appears to be stable, though my printer isn’t turned on so shouldn’t be drawing any power. I’ve not used the powered hub yet – I’ll see how it goes!
Hey, any more luck with your hub? I’d love to know if you get the printer working through it.
The printer works fine through the hub. I’d recommend buying a powered hub over a non powered one, as when I plugged too many devices into the non-powered hub, it crashed the NSLU2.
Currently I have a second hard disk and my printer connected into my HUB, and all have been working fine for the best part of 3 weeks without issue.