I am a raspberry pi newbie. My question is which USB hub should I buy? I would like to connect the keyboard, mouse and a wifi dongle to the Pi.
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chris57100
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Re: Newbie
You have to buy one with external power supply. That's the only requirement
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Re: Newbie
It's a good idea to check the verified peripherals list on the wiki: http://elinux.org/RPi_VerifiedPeripheralssmithnb42 wrote:I am a raspberry pi newbie. My question is which USB hub should I buy? I would like to connect the keyboard, mouse and a wifi dongle to the Pi.
Probably better to buy one that can be powered, without a supply, and buy a second "Pi charger" - some PSU's supplied with hubs are of poor quality and may "just about" supply 500mA (instead of up to 500mA per port). It's also possible to use a wired keyboard and wired mouse via an unpowered hub, with the WiFi dongle plugged in to the other USB port of a (model B2) Pi. FWIW I've tried out a number of "low-cost" hubs and there are notes etc. about them (and PSU's) within my webpages (see link on the right).chris57100 wrote:You have to buy one with external power supply. That's the only requirement
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Still running Raspbian Jessie or Stretch on some older Pi's (an A, B1, 2xB2, B+, P2B, 3xP0, P0W, 2xP3A+, P3B+, P3B, B+, and a A+) but Buster on the P4B's. See: https://www.cpmspectrepi.uk/raspberry_pi/raspiidx.htm