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Wireless USB hubs

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-thats-a-good-idea dept.

HaggiZ writes "Here is alternative to the clutter of USB cables and keys sitting on your desk. Now Belkin has announced their own wire-free USB setup. It's a wireless USB hub, allowing your to plug devices into the hub and have your PC/laptop elsewhere and not need to worry about running cables along the livingroom or study to reach. Very handy for laptop users, I can imagine some very handy uses for so HTPCs as well. Shipping in spring for a shave under $130."

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  1. Re:Bluetooth by kalleguld · · Score: 5, Informative

    Wireless USB is a lot faster, according to specs it has 480 Mbit/s, whereas Bluetooth is only 721 kbit/s.

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  2. Noo to belkin! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    Ooh, Slashdot short memory! Don't forget we're not buying Belkin after the fiasco with their routers redirecting occasional DNS requests to the Belkin website to show an advert.

    Happened a little over a year ago and Slashdot was up in arms about it!

    1. Re:Noo to belkin! by svanstrom · · Score: 3, Informative

      It was more than 2 years ago...

      http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/11/07/help_my_be lkin_router/

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  3. Re:Sounds good, but maybe not? by antifoidulus · · Score: 3, Informative

    High bandwidth DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN LOW LAG!!!!
    Even in ethernet the time to send the first byte dwarfs the per byte cost. The connection could still have a bit of latency even if the bandwidth is high...

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