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Connecting remotely to a laptop

Mike_R

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Posted September 7, 2013 at 5:51PM

I'm thinking of replacing my old troublesome Vista desktop by my Acer 8930 Windows 7 laptop which has 4 USB ports. To make room on my computer table, I will need to move the Canon i965 printer and Epson V700 copier to another table and connect them remotely by dongles. With the keyboard/mouse, extenal harddisk and a slot for a memory stick, I also need 5 USB ports.

I would welcome advice on the best way to connect the peripherals, and what USB hub and dongles I should buy.

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wiz-king

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Posted September 8, 2013 at 3:22PM

Any powered USB2 hub with enough ports will do.

But before you start check that drivers are available for Win 7.

As both devices do appear to be quite old and not wireless connectable you may have trouble connecting them even with adapters.

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Mike_R

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Posted September 8, 2013 at 4:41PM

Both devices will run under Win7. I am hoping that there are cheap wireless connections which will replace the USB cables so that I can site the devices away from the laptop, making enough space for the latter.

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Mike_R

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Posted September 11, 2013 at 3:41PM

Called in at PC World. It seems that the cheap wireless connection for the peripherals that I'm looking for doesn't exist. So it looks as though I will have to get a new remote printer to free up sufficient space on my work desk for the laptop.

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