Cisco-Linksys USBHUB4C ProConnect Compact USB 4-Port Hub
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Customer Review: Excellent USB Hub for the value
Summary: 5 Stars
My Comp: Dell P4 Laptop running WinXP Pro
My USB Equip: Webcam, Printer, Mouse, External HD, Digital Camera
Received it two months ago and never experienced any power difficulties. I have all 5 Equip. connected to the laptop and it runs perfectly fine. It is plug and play and hot swappable. I bought it at $11 and it saves me at least 10 minutes per day swapping USB cables around. Totally worth it if you need additional USB ports.
It is true that the cable is extremely short. For PC users, you will either have to accept it or find a way around it. I am a laptop user so it doesn't bother me at all.
Customer Review: USB Hub
Summary: 4 Stars
The Linksys USB hub works as advertised. It will take 4 USB lines with no apparent loss in transmission speed. Its only major drawback for me was the very short (about 2 inches) connecting cable to the back of my desktop computer. As a result, it could not reach the floor and was hanging down. This did not seem to cause any problems, however. With a notebook computer as the core of a computing system, there would be no problem and it would give you the extra USB ports. I have had several Linksys routers on my household LAN with an Internet cable input and they have worked fine with tech support available when I needed it.Customer Review: $18 down the drain
Summary: 1 Stars
Does not support usb powered high-speed devices such as USB 2 external hard drives, scanners, etc. In the case of my Maxtor external hard drive, a pop-up warning comes up that advises you that the drive will operate at slower speed. In fact, the drive operated so slowly as to be useless. No external power supply is available anywhere for this USB hub. Should be either pulled from Amazon or the cover blurb should state that no AC power supply is available (and that without it this unit is useless unless you are just connecting keyboards, mice, and the like.) I will probably just trash it, not worth the trouble to return.Customer Review: It works, sort of
Summary: 2 Stars
I use this product with my laptop which only has one USB port. I have a variety of USB hardware items that I connect to it including a Microsoft Optical mouse, a burner, printer, and a palm handheld. I have a problem with it turning off and on. I often lose the ability to use my mouse because it runs out of power. This is simply because the mouse is drawing power from the USB port, and so are the other hardware items connected to it, which turns out to be too much for it to handle.I would recomend buying a hub with a power adapter. You can buy a power adapter for this, but it's not really worth it.
Customer Review: A solution for the Power Supply Issue.
Summary: 5 Stars
I have had a wonderful experience with this product!
The experience I had was, even though I could not buy online the power supply, I found that I simply needed to call up the Sales Department for Linksys (1-800-LINKSYS[546-5797] PRESS #1 when you get to the menu prompts). I explained that I needed the power supply for this item and I mentioned the Part Number - USBHUB4CP - and the cost, with free shipping, was just under $13. So, I do not see what the big deal some people are making about this problem. I, also, just wanted to let people know that there is an easy solution to this problem.