USB hub OK to bypass the infamous PL3507 firewire chipset?

Hello everbody.
I just had a couple of external USB2, eSata and Firewire boxes for 3,5" HDs. Unfortunately they have the infamous PL3507 chipset from Prolific instead of the Mac OS X Oxford-compatible chipsets. Each box alone works fine but if a second os placed connected to the first nothing works (this is a known issue).
As my iMac has only 1 FW port will a FW hub OK in order to solve my problem?
One more thing: is a Firewire REPEATER the same thing as a Firewire HUB?
Thank you very much in advance.
majortom

jk_baller23 wrote:
A powered hub should work fine.
Should… but will it?
Not all devices work well with hubs, and massili's list includes a few odd customers, the Cubase dongle in particular.
My suggestion is, first check with Steinberg tech support to make sure their dongle works with hubs, and if it's been tested on, or if they recommend, any particular brand. Then ask in an M-Audio user forum about using that interface with a hub; finally, do the same for the MIDI device.

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