Which USB hub to use with Block Erupters | NanoFury NF1 | BPMC Red Fury | Ant U1 - page 32.

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Quote from: Nemo1024 on August 02, 2013, 02:01:40 AM

Quote from: OtaconEmmerich on August 01, 2013, 10:35:29 PM

Crap, My longish post got lost. I guess I'll make this one quick.
Noitev I'd cancel your order, That hub has been reviewed before and it can only handle 8-9 BE's and is a pain to properly cool.

Yes, MondoHub negatively reviewed here by CanaryInTheMine and I have a link to it from a footnote in the OP table.

Also, I've added Juiced 13-porter, which was discussed on page 8, to the table in the OP.

@sephtin, I've added your reviewed hub to the table, thanks.

K, cancelled. got this instead, dont make me cancel another one :/

http://www.ebay.com/itm/370824418496?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

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Quote from: huan_ on August 02, 2013, 06:17:51 AM

Could you please tell me what is the FAN model?
Thank you in advance!

It's mentioned in the OP Wink

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And here is a suggested USB-based ARCTIC Breeze Mobile 92mm cooling fan.

huan_

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Could you please tell me what is the FAN model?
Thank you in advance!

Quote from: Benny1985 on July 31, 2013, 06:14:07 PM

FYI, I got 5 of the SiPolar-esques in recently. I still have to try it, but all 20 ports at least boot up fine on my model (haven't plugged it into a PC quite yet).

Proof:

http://i.imgur.com/O8hLjjj.jpg

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Quote from: Benny1985 on July 31, 2013, 06:14:07 PM

FYI, I got 5 of the SiPolar-esques in recently. I still have to try it, but all 20 ports at least boot up fine on my model (haven't plugged it into a PC quite yet).

Proof:

http://i.imgur.com/O8hLjjj.jpg

Mine got that far too, now try some mining, and watch the fun Sad

For me it was neither Bitminter, nor CGMiner that could make this work. (I hadn't switched over to BFGMiner yet) On one hand, I wish I got a bad one, because the spacing on this is perfect for the usb sticks, I would gladly get another 1 or two, but as of now, having been burned, I don;t see myself risking another $100 on it.

That reminds me, I should try it with bfgminer as well tonight when I get home.

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Is there a limit to the number of USB devices in Ubuntu?

Running 12.04.

2 of the 10 port anker hubs (20 miners) works beautifully.

Tried to add a 3rd anker (new 9 port anker) and suddenly devices start to go missing and I can never get them all to recognize.

Any tips or tricks? Hardware or software limitation?

Edit: BTW, this is on a Zotac Zebox... A little Intel atom based mini pc designed for use as an HTpc, so I guess it's possible the motherboard just sucks.

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Quote from: OtaconEmmerich on August 01, 2013, 10:35:29 PM

Crap, My longish post got lost. I guess I'll make this one quick.
Noitev I'd cancel your order, That hub has been reviewed before and it can only handle 8-9 BE's and is a pain to properly cool.

Yes, MondoHub negatively reviewed here by CanaryInTheMine and I have a link to it from a footnote in the OP table.

Also, I've added Juiced 13-porter, which was discussed on page 8, to the table in the OP.

@sephtin, I've added your reviewed hub to the table, thanks.

sephtin

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Device Name: AITech USB 3.0
Ports Total: 10
Ports Usable: 8
Power from AC: 12v @ 4A
Price USD: 60.99(Black)
Price / Usable Port: 7.62
Sold at: http://www.amazon.com/Aitech-Adapter-backward-Compatible-aluminum/dp/B009NESU4M

Bought one of these to try, and it works fine with 8+arctic fan (Stable for more than 48hours).
I tried it with 9, and it ran for a while, but ever so often, I'd come back and the light would be on for one of the BErupters. Occassionally, while stopping and starting mining software, the light would just flicker with 9. So, I don't recommend 9 as it's unstable.

I almost wish there was a column in the table for RPi compatibillity. I'm looking for a good 7 or 10 port hub for Raspbian or MiningPeon (Have both on separate cards, but no compatible hubs!) :S

When I find RaspberryPi compatible hubs, I'll likely be looking to part with this, and a couple of the 9port Anker's.

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Crap, My longish post got lost. I guess I'll make this one quick.
Noitev I'd cancel your order, That hub has been reviewed before and it can only handle 8-9 BE's and is a pain to properly cool.

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Noitev,

thanks for sharing. if BE keeps getting cheaper, we all need these.

BTW, very funny slogan:

Big MondoHub

"28-Ports: if you need any more, you scare me"

:-)

I guess they would be shit scared if they were visiting the forum!

Noitev

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ordered this:

http://www.mondohub.com/

we'll see how it fares.

chaosengine

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Supplier of "TeckNet® USB 3.0" 10 Port Hub (BlueByte Limited - currently shipping only to UK) sent me a mail:

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Dear Customers:

Thanks for your email. We are sorry that we are currently not delivery the item to Germany. Please come back two weeks later. We will send our stock to Amazon fulfilled centre where EU shipping will be available.

Regards
BlueByte Limited

Nevertheless these USB mining sticks are still too expensive, even with the latest price drop. Do some calculations before you spend your hard mined coins to tons of them:

Bitcoin Mining Dashboard - The Genesis Block

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Quote from: Nemo1024 on August 01, 2013, 12:50:23 PM

Yep, their new product is the 9+1 hub. It's also in the table in the OP.

FYI, Anker 9+1 is not exactly out of stock on Amazon.

If you see the note on their official website, they say they are having some technical difficulties with Amazon and hence the product has been taken down.

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Yep, their new product is the 9+1 hub. It's also in the table in the OP.

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Quote from: Trongersoll on July 31, 2013, 04:43:37 PM

Quote from: realestone on July 31, 2013, 04:30:07 PM

yea anker was my first choice but they seem to be sold out on amazon Undecided

It's probably our fault they are sold out. i think we blind sided them. Tongue

it is more than just sold out. I have contacted Anker directly regarding their 10 ports hub and I have been told that this model was discontinued....

I ended up buying Orico hubs from alibaba website....

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Quote from: trigeek on August 01, 2013, 12:32:31 PM

Quote from: realestone on August 01, 2013, 12:24:22 PM

before i purchase this i want to make sure this is a good unit http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009NESU4M/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1T9TP61K1PW0C anyone have one? looks solid

To be honest, you're better off with two D-link DUB-H7. That is $50 total, and you will end up with 12 usable ports instead of 10 for less money.

http://www.amazon.com/D-Link-Hi-Speed-7-Port-Powered-DUB-H7/dp/B00008VFAF

hey thanks alot i appreciate the advice your right i'll just order two of those

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Quote from: realestone on August 01, 2013, 12:24:22 PM

before i purchase this i want to make sure this is a good unit http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009NESU4M/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1T9TP61K1PW0C anyone have one? looks solid

To be honest, you're better off with two D-link DUB-H7. That is $50 total, and you will end up with 12 usable ports instead of 10 for less money.

http://www.amazon.com/D-Link-Hi-Speed-7-Port-Powered-DUB-H7/dp/B00008VFAF

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Quote from: Benny1985 on August 01, 2013, 12:05:42 AM

Would there be any interest in PCI-E to USB 3.0 cards? My supplier happens to stock these all the time. They have 4 ports that can handle up to 900mA, and use either a SATA or Molex connector for power outside of the 1x connection.

Even with 5 pci-e slots, that's only 20 ports total... and unless the cards are less than $15 ea I don't know if it's worth it.

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They (allegedly) can handle up to 127 devices per card.. So you could theoretically run a few hundred USBs if properly chained together.

This is true of any USB host bus, of which most desktop computers have at least 2. You can see how many you have under windows in the Device Manager with "view devices by connection" selected:

So I could have 254 of them... well, 252, so I could still have a keyboard and mouse! Grin

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before i purchase this i want to make sure this is a good unit http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009NESU4M/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1T9TP61K1PW0C anyone have one? looks solid

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By the way, just throwing this out:

Would there be any interest in PCI-E to USB 3.0 cards? My supplier happens to stock these all the time. They have 4 ports that can handle up to 900mA, and use either a SATA or Molex connector for power outside of the 1x connection.

They (allegedly) can handle up to 127 devices per card.. So you could theoretically run a few hundred USBs if properly chained together.

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Quote from: Benny1985 on July 31, 2013, 06:14:07 PM

FYI, I got 5 of the SiPolar-esques in recently. I still have to try it, but all 20 ports at least boot up fine on my model (haven't plugged it into a PC quite yet).

Proof:

test it out im dying to find out!!!

theres 2 methods of running these, icarus with 3.1.1 or the new usb drivers for 3.2.0+ maybe that has an effect?

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