Thread: Nokia N900 + Ethernet (via USB-RJ45 adapter)
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Originally Posted by chill View Post
l33t splicing skillz.
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Originally Posted by chill View Post
One question remains: when you power the peripherals with the N900 (host mode+boost) and an external +5V source, do peripherals draw current from the N900? I am asking because I don't want the N900 battery drained when I have a powered hub at hand, and I can't seem to tell USB mode to go into "host mode+charging" then. Note the powered hub does not (as you mentioned earlier) charge the N900; I guess this is why USB mode won't let me select the charging mode. In fact, as I was switching back and forth between the modes in USB mode, the N900 rebooted.
The thing will draw only marginal current from N900, but N900 itself uses quite a current (additional ~150 to 200 mA) for the sole fact that it's hostmoding. No idea why. So, it's better to always hostmode+charge, when you have possibility to do so.

As for the thing about passive hubs acting as active ones if they're not standard compliant - scratch it, I can't seem to explain it in understandable way, it seems, and it is not very important thing anyway. Just to clear it up, it doesn't have anything to do with powering things from N900's 200 mA (out of hostmoding).

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