Henning, FYI my PC has 2 USB ports, one is connected to an Epson printer and the other to a 4-port hub which in turn is connected to a Webcam, the Microtech Scanner, and my digital camera. I use the other hub port in Windows to connect to my wife's laptop using FastLynx.
Here are the results of the cat /proc/bus/usb/devices that you asked for: T: Bus=02 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=12 MxCh= 2 B: Alloc= 0/900 us ( 0%), #Int= 0, #Iso= 0 D: Ver= 1.00 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 0.00 S: Product=USB UHCI Root Hub S: SerialNumber=d000 C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=40 MxPwr= 0mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 8 Ivl=255ms T: Bus=01 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=12 MxCh= 2 B: Alloc= 11/900 us ( 1%), #Int= 1, #Iso= 0 D: Ver= 1.00 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 0.00 S: Product=USB UHCI Root Hub S: SerialNumber=d400 C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=40 MxPwr= 0mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 8 Ivl=255ms T: Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#= 2 Spd=12 MxCh= 0 D: Ver= 1.00 Cls=07(print) Sub=01 Prot=02 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=04b8 ProdID=0001 Rev= 1.00 S: Manufacturer=EPSON S: Product=USB Printer C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=40 MxPwr= 2mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=07(print) Sub=01 Prot=02 Driver=usblp E: Ad=01(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms E: Ad=82(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms T: Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=01 Cnt=02 Dev#= 3 Spd=12 MxCh= 4 D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=0451 ProdID=1446 Rev= 1.10 C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=e0 MxPwr=100mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 1 Ivl=255ms T: Bus=01 Lev=02 Prnt=03 Port=01 Cnt=01 Dev#= 4 Spd=12 MxCh= 0 D: Ver= 1.00 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=03 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=05da ProdID=20c9 Rev= 0.00 C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=40 MxPwr= 0mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=(none) E: Ad=81(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms E: Ad=02(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 8 Ivl=0ms T: Bus=01 Lev=02 Prnt=03 Port=02 Cnt=02 Dev#= 5 Spd=12 MxCh= 0 D: Ver= 1.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=067b ProdID=0000 Rev= 0.00 S: Manufacturer=Prolific Technology Inc. C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=a0 MxPwr=100mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 3 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=usbnet E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 1 Ivl=1ms E: Ad=02(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms E: Ad=83(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms T: Bus=01 Lev=02 Prnt=03 Port=03 Cnt=03 Dev#= 6 Spd=12 MxCh= 0 D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=046d ProdID=08b0 Rev= 0.02 S: SerialNumber=01402100A5000000 C:* #Ifs= 3 Cfg#= 1 Atr=a0 MxPwr=500mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=0a(data ) Sub=ff Prot=00 Driver=Philips webcam E: Ad=82(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 1 Ivl=100ms E: Ad=85(I) Atr=01(Isoc) MxPS= 0 Ivl=1ms I: If#= 0 Alt= 1 #EPs= 2 Cls=0a(data ) Sub=ff Prot=00 Driver=Philips webcam E: Ad=82(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 1 Ivl=100ms E: Ad=85(I) Atr=01(Isoc) MxPS= 196 Ivl=1ms I: If#= 0 Alt= 2 #EPs= 2 Cls=0a(data ) Sub=ff Prot=00 Driver=Philips webcam E: Ad=82(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 1 Ivl=100ms E: Ad=85(I) Atr=01(Isoc) MxPS= 292 Ivl=1ms I: If#= 0 Alt= 3 #EPs= 2 Cls=0a(data ) Sub=ff Prot=00 Driver=Philips webcam E: Ad=82(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 1 Ivl=100ms E: Ad=85(I) Atr=01(Isoc) MxPS= 448 Ivl=1ms I: If#= 0 Alt= 4 #EPs= 2 Cls=0a(data ) Sub=ff Prot=00 Driver=Philips webcam E: Ad=82(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 1 Ivl=100ms E: Ad=85(I) Atr=01(Isoc) MxPS= 592 Ivl=1ms I: If#= 0 Alt= 5 #EPs= 2 Cls=0a(data ) Sub=ff Prot=00 Driver=Philips webcam E: Ad=82(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 1 Ivl=100ms E: Ad=85(I) Atr=01(Isoc) MxPS= 704 Ivl=1ms I: If#= 0 Alt= 6 #EPs= 2 Cls=0a(data ) Sub=ff Prot=00 Driver=Philips webcam E: Ad=82(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 1 Ivl=100ms E: Ad=85(I) Atr=01(Isoc) MxPS= 776 Ivl=1ms I: If#= 0 Alt= 7 #EPs= 2 Cls=0a(data ) Sub=ff Prot=00 Driver=Philips webcam E: Ad=82(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 1 Ivl=100ms E: Ad=85(I) Atr=01(Isoc) MxPS= 840 Ivl=1ms I: If#= 0 Alt= 8 #EPs= 2 Cls=0a(data ) Sub=ff Prot=00 Driver=Philips webcam E: Ad=82(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 1 Ivl=100ms E: Ad=85(I) Atr=01(Isoc) MxPS= 896 Ivl=1ms I: If#= 0 Alt= 9 #EPs= 2 Cls=0a(data ) Sub=ff Prot=00 Driver=Philips webcam E: Ad=82(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 1 Ivl=100ms E: Ad=85(I) Atr=01(Isoc) MxPS= 960 Ivl=1ms I: If#= 0 Alt=10 #EPs= 2 Cls=0a(data ) Sub=ff Prot=00 Driver=Philips webcam E: Ad=82(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 1 Ivl=100ms E: Ad=85(I) Atr=01(Isoc) MxPS= 960 Ivl=1ms I: If#= 1 Alt= 0 #EPs= 0 Cls=01(audio) Sub=01 Prot=00 Driver=(none) I: If#= 2 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=01(audio) Sub=02 Prot=00 Driver=(none) E: Ad=84(I) Atr=01(Isoc) MxPS= 0 Ivl=1ms I: If#= 2 Alt= 1 #EPs= 1 Cls=01(audio) Sub=02 Prot=00 Driver=(none) E: Ad=84(I) Atr=01(Isoc) MxPS= 90 Ivl=1ms I: If#= 2 Alt= 2 #EPs= 1 Cls=01(audio) Sub=02 Prot=00 Driver=(none) E: Ad=84(I) Atr=01(Isoc) MxPS= 46 Ivl=1ms I: If#= 2 Alt= 3 #EPs= 1 Cls=01(audio) Sub=02 Prot=00 Driver=(none) E: Ad=84(I) Atr=01(Isoc) MxPS= 25 Ivl=1ms I: If#= 2 Alt= 4 #EPs= 1 Cls=01(audio) Sub=02 Prot=00 Driver=(none) E: Ad=84(I) Atr=01(Isoc) MxPS= 16 Ivl=1ms I hope that all means something. Cheers, Alan. -- ______________________________________________________________________ Alan Purchase IT Consultant Tel: +64 9 817 3101 113 Victory Road Mobile: +64 21 925 028 Laingholm E-mail: alan.purch...@paradise.co.nz Auckland 1007 New Zealand ______________________________________________________________________