Other features
| Cabling technology |
wired |
| Interface |
USB 2.0 |
| Mac compatibility |
Y |
| Form factor |
extended |
Performance
| Data transfer rate |
480 Mbit/s |
gHub 2.0 silver, 4-Port USB2 Hub
The original gHub was the first USB hub to pick up the design of G4 Power Macs and the iMac Special Edition. The same high standards, both technically and optically, were carried over to its successor, the gHub 2.0.
gHub 2.0 expands a single USB port into 4 equivalent ports that are available for additional USB 2.0 devices or USB-Hubs. The required USB A-B cable is included in the package.
gHub 2.0 is what you need once the USB connectors on the computer and the free connector on the USB keyboard are filled up and swapping USB components in and out of your configuration starts tiring you!
Devices like USB Floppy Drives, SuperDisks, Flash Drives, USB ISDN adapters or USB ZIP drives are another reason to use gHub. These high-power devices require too much current to reliably operate from a keyboard USB-port that is not self-powered.
Connecting the powered gHub to your vacant keyboard USB-port will offer more ports - all of them supporting both high- and low-power USB devices.
The overcurrent protection feature ensures your computer remains unaffected by such a condition on the USB bus. If a fault is detected with any USB device connected to gHub only the affected port will be shut down, allowing trouble-free operation of the rest of the system. This is especially valuable in a setup requiring reliable operation day-in, day-out.
gHub 2.0 was designed for Power Macintosh and current generation iMacs - hence the available White and Aluminium flavours. Of course, these design choices do not prevent gHub 2.0 from being the ideal USB hub for any computer that sports a USB port!
