On Thu, 4 Jun 2020 14:46:50 -0400 rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > In a way, the subject covers most of it: " Using a USB hub with 3 > computers, 1 printer, 1 external drive (for backup for any of the > three PCs)". > > I don't know much about USB hubs, I guess all of the ports are two > way. > > To clarify, if needed, I'd like to buy a 5 (or more) port USB (3.0) > hub to connect 3 PCs, 1 printer, and 1 external drive such that I can > print or backup from any of the 3 pcs. > > I suppose there are two questions: > > 1. Should I expect any problem "hardware wise"? > > 2. I suppose I have to consider the mounting of the partitions on > the drives, I suppose it would be a bad idea to have the same > partition (or even drive) mounted on more than one pc at the same > time? > > (And I guess I'd have to avoid printing from two computers at the > same time.) >
Sorry, no, it's not going to work. USB is a master-submaster-slave protocol, and there can only be one master. It's not peer-peer. This sort of situation is why Ethernet was invented. -- Joe
