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Linksys EW5HUB Ethernet 5-port Workgroup Hub

Linksys EW5HUB Ethernet 5-port Workgroup Hub

List Price: $58.00
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Rating: 1 stars
Summary: This Hub gives a bottleneck performance.
Review: After owning this hub for a few weeks I discovered the poor performance it really gives. I have came across more bottlenecks than I have ever anticipated. I called tech support for any type of solution but I was left on hold for over 2 hours. Having schedules to meet, I finally gave up on assistance. Not only is this product poor in performance, but also poor in service.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: This Hub gives a bottleneck performance.
Review: After owning this hub for a few weeks I discovered the poor performance it really gives. I have came across more bottlenecks than I have ever anticipated. I called tech support for any type of solution but I was left on hold for over 2 hours. Having schedules to meet, I finally gave up on assistance. Not only is this product poor in performance, but also poor in service.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: 5 star hub
Review: I am a Halo fan and count on this hub to link xboxs together. It works great, isnt very expensive, and is small and compact. 5 stars.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Very worthy for the home network.
Review: I have 3 PC's and they all share a cable connection through one of these. Sure it doesn't support 100MBps but I don't have that anyway...and more than likely, neither do you.

For the price, ease of use and compatibility you really can't go wrong here. If in the future you need an upgrade you won't be out anything by spending so little on something like this, so go ahead...it really performs.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Very worthy for the home network.
Review: I have 3 PC's and they all share a cable connection through one of these. Sure it doesn't support 100MBps but I don't have that anyway...and more than likely, neither do you.

For the price, ease of use and compatibility you really can't go wrong here. If in the future you need an upgrade you won't be out anything by spending so little on something like this, so go ahead...it really performs.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great Hub!
Review: I have had this hub for over a year now, and I've never experienced a single problem with it. It is very fast, no matter how much data you are transfering. I use the Uplink for my cable modem and experience wonderful speeds (faster than some think cable is supposed to be!). Buy this hub and you won't regret it!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great Hub!
Review: I have had this hub for over a year now, and I've never experienced a single problem with it. It is very fast, no matter how much data you are transfering. I use the Uplink for my cable modem and experience wonderful speeds (faster than some think cable is supposed to be!). Buy this hub and you won't regret it!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Excellent robust hub
Review: I've been using this hub for a while for a mixed-platform home network of 2 Windows machines, 1 Linux, and a cable modem. I've never had any problems with the hub, and I consistently get data throughput--not including headers--of about 9Mbps. I highly recommend this hub (or its kit) for anyone who only needs 10Mbps speed.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: It works!
Review: I've had great experience with this hub and encountered no problems with it.

I recommend this to everyone who wants to build a small 10Mbps network.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: You get what you pay for.
Review: Sure, the hub works - I've had it in my home LAN for a year now. Surfing, and low-bandwidth streaming is fine for this teeny-tiny box.

But note that when you saturate the LAN pipe - say, ftp'ing stuff, or with NetMeeting-type stuff - you WILL see collisions appear. TONS of collisions. The little red LED basically stays lit.

Paying $50/month for the 300 Kbps @home cable connection, and seeing your transfer rate drop dramatically when you use a $30 hub (instead of a $60 switch) is penny-wise and pound-foolish.

(Note that this is a fine hub - and these comments would apply to ANY hub, AFAIK).

I'm happy with my 4 port switch, thank you very much.


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