Originally Posted by
MaydayMark
With that set-up, why not just plug your iphone (ipad, USB devise) into the USB port on your computer?

Sometimes you don't want to sync or might be using the the ports for something else, i.e., USB to ethernet and or usb to HDMI, etc. I like to use one port for an external hard drive and the other to HDMI so I can watch movies, etc, in places like Almaty or Jeddah. Or sometimes use one port for ethernet and the other for HDMI so I can watch ball games.