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asked on 11/3/2021

Advice on usb type C hubs

Newer devices have fewer ports. New Latitude 7240 laptop with newer type C usb connections. What's are good powered hubs for connecting older usb devices, mice, external hard drives, printers. I'm assuming they should be powered.

Storage Hardware Switches / Hubs * USB

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11/5/2021

11/3/2021

I have tried and liked VT2500 USB-C Docking Station - Multi Display MST Dock 85W Power Delive – VisionTek.com

11/3/2021

This one looks pretty good:

https://www.newegg.com/p/0J2-0020-000D0?Description=usb%20hdmi&cm_re=usb_hdmi-_-9SIAP08FCH2756-_-Product

11/3/2021

If no extreme situations (for example, connecting 6 external traditional spinning hdd's), USB-C hubs do NOT have to be powered

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11/5/2021

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Thanks to all for your good advice.
Best,
Alan

Switches / Hubs

A switch is a device that filters and forwards packets of data between LAN segments. Switches operate at the data link layer or the network layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Reference Model and therefore support any packet protocol. LANs that use switches to join segments are called switched LANs or, in the case of Ethernet networks, switched Ethernet LANs. A hub is a connection point for devices in a network. Hubs are commonly used to connect segments of a LAN. A hub contains multiple ports; when a packet arrives at one port, it is copied to the other ports so that all segments of the LAN can see all packets.

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