Would a USB hub work in reverse?
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Mar 15, 202612028 viewsConfidence Score0%
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Imagine for a moment with a 4 port USB hub. Normally how this would work is the hub has one plug that goes to the computer, then 4 ports that you can plug in other things to (thumb drive, keyboard, mouse etc). I am wondering if I can use it in reverse. So I would have 1 keyboard going in to the hub…
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No. Definitely not. What you want is a USB KVM switch - Keyboard/Video/Mouse switch. It shares one screen, keyboard and/or mouse between multiple computers. Alternatively it can be done through a network using Synergy.
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