Can a USB hub be plugged into the transporter to have multiple hard drives available?
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While this may work, it is not recommended or supported. We take data protection very seriously and USB hubs can add reliability issues. What you can do is employ multiple Sync devices as our software will "virtualize" the many physical devices and give you a single folder view of your files whether you have one or hundreds of Transporters.
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There is only a single USB port on the drive. So each drive would have to be plugged into a dedicated USB port on your computer or plugged into a USB 2 or USB 3 hub. I have both of mine plugged into a hub.
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I have not used hard drives with it but have concurrently used 30 G flash drive, printer, web cam, and mouse. You can turn each port on or off independently.
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This hub isn't for doing that. It's for adding USB slots when your computer's USB slots are filled. I have USB lines from two external drives, a printer, a mouse, and a cooling pad hooked up to my hub. You'll still need to plug your external drives power adaptors into a suge surpressor.
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Greeting from LOFTEK, Thanks for your question. This item is just a usb port charger, not a USB hub. So it doesn't support any data transfers. Thank you.
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Only 1 drive can be recognized at a time. You can fill one then remove it and attach another. I use a USB switch which only powers one port at a time. This allows me to plug in multiple external disc at a time and switch back and forth as needed.
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For me I found external hard disks worked, but I would get short term disconnects. I replaced my hub with a Anker hub and haven't looked back:https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GSLMTQ8/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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One drive-likely no problem. You could try attaching 2 drives and might be fine, I am not sure. Again, to be safe, buy a "powered"hub.
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Yes, I'm using it with one now. But it will need two USB ports (unless you buy the power supply), and a hub won't work. You need a card or the original ports.
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I'm guessing it would do okay as long as the initial USB port you plug into is USB 3.0. I have 6 usb 2.0 drives and 1 usb 3.0 external drives hooked to my hub. The 3.0 drive just flys, but so does the others.
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MANUFACTURER ANSWER: Thanks for asking! You can connect two self powered external hard drives to this hub. This hub will not be able to power two host powered external hard drives. USB 2.0 has limited performance overall, however, you should not see any noticeable drop when comparing this hub to using several USB 2.0 ports directly on your computer.
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I tried hooking up a portable 2.5 2TB hard drive and it had trouble keeping it powered. However, when I attached a USB hub to the smart dock, I was able to plug the hard drive to the hub and it functioned without any problems.
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Not sure, depends on your source USB port. To be sure, I would purchase a "powered" USB hub to connect your drives.
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For me I found external hard disks worked, but I would get short term disconnects. I replaced my hub with a Anker hub and haven't looked back:https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GSLMTQ8/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc;=1
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You need the 2 ports to power the HDD. Depends on your hard drive model only one port may not be enough.
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Yes, it is only one USB 3.0 port. If you really like this particular model and need a second port, you could get a USB 3 hub.
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I don't see why not. I have 2 external drives running on mine. One powered by the Hub and the other by it's own power source. All 3 of yours have their own power source.