USB Client as host possible?

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Is it possible to use the usb client port as a host somehow? I want to be able to use 2 USB ports without losing speed.

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Is it possible to use the usb client port as a host somehow? I want to be able to use 2 USB ports without losing speed.

Not without physically modifying the board and updating the dtb.

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Thanks for the quick reply.
I’m okay modifying the dtb, are the board modifications difficult? If it’s just soldering to a usb cable I don’t mind doing that.

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There was a guy who posted a “how to” last year that I had a link to at one point. The link went 404 some time ago, so I’ll assume his modifications somehow went south.

You’d be better off getting a board with dual ( or more ) USB ports for a project like that in mind.

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The “wayback machine” has an archive, but without the images the post once had.

https://web.archive.org/web/20131226200215/http://pansenti.wordpress.com/2013/05/27/beaglebone-black-with-two-usb-host-ports-it-can-be-done-but-its-not-easy

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BTW If you modify your board you’re on your own and you void its warranty. You may know this already but it is important to note that.

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Does a powered hub really slow you down that much?

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Hi Neabex,

I am also doing same Task i.e OTG controller configure as Host and slave and make it as hot pluggable devices. Did you get solution for that? if you get how can i do for that?