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Belkin 5-Port Wireless Network USB Hub

5-Port Wireless Network USB Hub
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Belkin 5-Port Wireless Network USB Hub

  • Reviewed by: tompresnyc

    08-16-08

    Duration of ownership: 26 Days

    Strengths: Extremely simple & quick to install. Very sleak so it can barely be seen. So easy to use your ext hard drives and printer wirelessly from ur laptop any where in the house. This thing is the bomb!

    Weaknesses:Have found not one after 1 months use.

    Overall Evaluation: I had been trying to get my PC and my laptop, printer and external hard drives I searched and searched and while I was told ppl knew how to do it, they could never get mine to work, plus they said I had to buy a wireless printer server for multi use printers.........'well i ran uponthis not long ago and it described my very need. i can look at all my external hard drives that are hooked into my desktop and use them as i wish wwhilste on my lapptop in the other room and can also print with the touch of a button wirelessly. Only drawback is......i wish it delivered my printing into me so i wouodnt have to get up lol

  • Reviewed by: doowop02

    02-21-08

    Duration of ownership: 1

    Strengths: - Very easy to setup.- Works like a charm.- Highly recommended.

    Weaknesses:- None so far, but we'll really see once I try to wireless connect my Dell M1530 (w/Vista) to the printer I've added to my network using this hub.

    Overall Evaluation: - Because of work I have a new Dell M1530, but have a need to print documents (from another room) using my printer. I tried D-Link's print server, and that really sucked. No tech support at all from D-Link and as soon as I upgraded the D-Link's firmware in hopes an upgrade would help ... the D-Link print server crashed and burned, and I returned the item. - So far I'm likin' this network USB hub from Belkin ... - But let's see how easy it is to set up my new Dell laptop (w/Vista worries).

  • Reviewed by: CHICHORAF

    01-21-08

    Duration of ownership:

    Strengths: Simple to install, Works as advertised, great software, 5 USB ports.

    Weaknesses:None.

    Overall Evaluation: I really like this simple but effective Network USB. Now I have wireless (over wi fi) Printing, Scanning, and Storage. If it has a USB connection, chances are that it will work with this little gem. I have a Vista laptop and an XP desktop, and both of them are sharing all my USB devices without any problems. If you have more than one computer and many USB devices and want to share them all, buy the Belkin Network USB Hub! You wont regret it.

  • Reviewed by: nodemocrat

    12-31-07

    Duration of ownership: 2 Days

    Strengths: When it does work, it can play movies and MP3s wirelessly.

    Weaknesses:MFGR exaggerates ease of setup. Unreliable.

    Overall Evaluation: Box says setup in 3 minutes. Knew that was too good to be true. Set this thing up with a Linksys G router. First, it took two hours to make the thing work - and when I did, its performance was substandard. Initially, it would not power up so I had to troubleshoot why the link lights next to the CAT5 wire wouldn't receive a signal from the router. Tried another cable and it didn't change anything so I went back to the cable that came with the box. Inexplicably it started working. Next the connections seemed to work fine and the CPU recognized a webcam, 2 external HDs, and an HP laser printer. Interestingly, however, in spite of the printer being recognized print jobs would all fail. I flashed the USB hub with the latest firmware and still no success. Finally I called tech support only to get transferred to another tech line which was only operating during business hours (it was a weekend). Since I have a life and this includes a job, this project now requires business hours which impacts my job. Painful. When are businesses going to just do business 24/7? Don't understand this because in India, those call-centers operate around the clock.At any rate, not all of the MP3s stored on the external HD were recognized by Windows Media Player 11 after the wireless configuration. Passing data to the wireless HDs over wireless-G was painfully slow but tolerable.The straw that broke the camel's back was during the second day of usage when all I did was reboot the CPU, only to discover the 2 external 300GB HDs were now not connecting over the network. I opened Belkin's software and clicked the connect button to no avail. Nothing changed except a simple restart. I tried to connect to both of the HDs and it never worked. Frustrated, I boxed this piece of X up and will return it tomorrow.PD: $79.99 at Best Buy.

  • Reviewed by: sfetisov

    11-25-07

    Duration of ownership: 35 Days

    Strengths: Reasonable price + rebate. Helped me with a mess of cables - I just moved my external hard drives and PDA cradle to a corner.

    Weaknesses:Very low transfer rate. Expected speed was at least 20-30 Mbps (because I have a 54 Mbps wifi router and the hub has 100 Mbps network interface), but in real the speed is about 8-10 Mbps (1-1.3 MB/s)

    Overall Evaluation: It's OK for me. In general, I am satisfied. I do not need a high transfer rate - I use my drives as a backup storage. If you need a good transfer rate then it's not for you. I did some benchmarking of my external 500 GB drive connected to the hub. The read/write speed is less than 1.5 MB/s. Direct connection speed is about 12 MB/s. So the hub is a bottleneck. Design is OK, but the size is 6.5x6.5 inches. I installed the USB Hub Control Center Software on my laptop (Windows XP) and all devices connected to the hub are visible, but sometimes the connected hard drives just disconnect with no reason.

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