In regards to the average usb port hub and how many ports are available, this can vary. The average usb port hub can support up to four usb inputs at a time.
A hub resends the signal it receives out through all ports, except the port where it received it.A hub resends the signal it receives out through all ports, except the port where it received it.A hub resends the signal it receives out through all ports, except the port where it received it.A hub resends the signal it receives out through all ports, except the port where it received it.
SMTP and HUB ports!
3, 4, 5, 6 it depends on which one you buy. There is really no limit to the number of ports.
I don't think it has to be anymore than 2, but it can be quite a few. The problem with a hub say for a computer like a usb hub is that each device receives less power and they are all sharing the same port, its like hooking 5 computers to one modem.
Hub
A hub will repeat an incoming signal through all its ports, except the port where the signal came in.
A "Hub".
One. A USB hub is plugged in via a USB port, that port only uses 1 IRQ. So all devices on the hub use the same IRQ. You could have a hub with 10 ports still using 1 IRQ.
It depends on how many ports are on the hub. Some might have 4 ports, some might have 8 ports some might have 16 ports etc...
Buy a USB hub and connect to one of the USB ports. This splits any one USB port into 4 or 7 ports(depending on the model of hub).
You must daisy chain another network hub onto one of the 4 ports.
A switch. Each port has a separate path to each of the other ports on the switch. On a hub, all the ports are tied together into 1 single port. Think of a switch as an 4 lane freeway with 8 entrances and exits; a hub is a one lane highway with the same 8 entrances and exits. It can pass data from only one port to another port- switch can connect 4 ports to the other 4 ports (or 8 to 8 or 16 to 16, you get the idea) A switch is quite a bit more complicated AND is generally more expensive: between 20% and 300% more than a hub with the same number of ports BUT it's very useful on a busy network (business especially.)