[TriLUG] USB Port Replicator

Roy Vestal rvestal at trilug.org
Wed Mar 26 20:51:21 EST 2003


Thanks. 

FYI...There is a HOWTO to connect your palm via ir. I just haven't been 
able to get it working.

On 26 Mar 2003, Ken Mink wrote:

> I have a Belkin F5U120-PC that I've been using for some time. It has
> 4usb ports, 2 PS/2, 1 DB9 RS-232, and 1 DB25 Parallel. My laptop is
> running RH8. It also worked when I was running RH7.3.
> 
> I use a PS/2 keyboard and a USB mouse, both connected to the Belkin
> unit. I set up my XF86Config so that both the USB mouse and the built in
> touch pad are active. When I come in, I just connect the monitor to the
> external VGA port on the laptop and plug in the USB connection to the
> Belkin and forget I'm even using a laptop.
> 
> The only issue I've had with the Belkin unit is that I can't get my
> PalmV to sync through the serial port on it. My laptop doesn't have any
> RS-232 ports and I'd like to be able to sync. It hasn't been a show
> stopper.
> 
> I picked the F5U120-PC up on EBay for about $60, new. 
> 
> Ken
> 
> On Tue, 2003-03-25 at 16:20, Roy Vestal wrote:
> > Has anyone gotten a USB port replicator to work under linux? I'm looking at
> > one my notebook.
> > 
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> 

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