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USB Scanner, multiple computers and USB hubs

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axelfox

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I have a USB scanner (well, multifunction) that I would like to use on the desktop that it is attached to now and also my laptop. However, I don't want to disconnect the USB cable from the desktop everytime I want to use the scanner for the laptop. Will a USB hub allow me to connect the USB scanner to 2 computers?
 
No - you need a KV switch to share such perpiherals so that they can only be controlled by one machine at a time - otherwise you arealmost guaranteeing collisions of instruction sets and data.
 
A regular hub only allows for 1 connection at a time but you can buy a special hub that's switchable between 2 computers. Just press a button and it will switch between one and the other.
 
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