USB1.1 Hub connected to USB2.0 port = USB2.0 Hub?

[RealBlackStuff]

I got a 4-port Compaq CPQ14USB hub, which is USB1.1
If I connect that to a USB2.0 port, will the hub become USB2.0 as well?

[mikey pizano]

I don't know for sure but I would probably say no. After all connecting a USB 1.1 device to a 2.0 port is still a 1.1 device.

[joester]

Look at it this way...

If you hook up a garden hose to a fire hose, you will only get the maximum flow the garden hose will allow regardless of what flow the fire hose may be capable of.

Joe

[NorrisCell]

Look at it this way...

If you hook up a garden hose to a fire hose, you will only get the maximum flow the garden hose will allow regardless of what flow the fire hose may be capable of.

Joe

Now THAT is a good analogy

He's correct. Ultimately, the closest connection to the motherboard is the one that generally limits the speed. Hooking up a 2.0 hub will not increase the speed of the 1.1 port, as the 1.1 port is the gateway to the motherboard for the data being passed.

[RealBlackStuff]

The only reason I asked is, that I don't know exactly how a hub works. I thought it was just a 4-way splitter.