[graphics84]

I've never heard this addressed...

what I have:

G3 450 B&W
iBook 500

connected to the hub:
imation floppy
epson 740
wacom 6X8
sandisk flash card reader
Agfa snap scan...

now if I hook my dual ibook to the hub will I beable to use any of these devices or will I cause some major problems...

I want to share the printer... and have dual scanning and flashcard ready abilitys

anyone tried it before

[wANCO tHE sANE]

I'm not real sure but there is this USB switchbox available at clubmac.com for around 100-200 $$$ and it lets you control multiple macs. You can use 1 keyboard and mouse to control 4 systems. Now, since it lets you control multiple macs from 1 keyboard and stuff, I guess you can plug all your peripherals in there and share it with multiple machines. Not sure though.

[aaanorton]

I haven't used this, but I read a MacNN article about it a while ago.
http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProdu...duct_Id=120618

Cliff

[Evangellydonut]

If you have a lot of USB devices running through 1 port and spliting to multiple Macs, I guess a switch is necessary, but otherwise, I think a hub is enough.
Looking at the USB plug, there are only 4 pins, you figure they are power, ground, in, and out. Seems to me like there's no handshaking/error checking so shouldn't be a problem to share devices...of course all of that is theoretical, I'll find out when I setup a scanner for 2 iMacs later ^_^