Belkin (F5U526-APL) Firewire Hub Reviews

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The Belkin FIreWire 6-Port Hub is exactly what I needed to connect all other firewire items to my Mac. You would never even know that it is involved in guiding info to the Mac. from Amazon.com I have two Western Digital Drives, one 1 TB La Cie Big Disk and a lighscribe La Cie DVD burner. This Belkin hub does not support any of these on an Intel iMAC with Mac OS X 10.5.5. If you go to the Belkin web site you will not find a picture or documentation for a F5U526-APL. from Amazon.com I recently purchased a Belkin fire wire hub for my Imac. It works perfectly, no problems. from Amazon.com The Belkin Hub was just what I needed. My MacBook Pro just didn't have enough fire wire ports. from Amazon.com All computers were running Mac OS X Tiger. I could not see any performance drop-off when using the hub with one device. (Duplication of a 500-MB blank disc image file on a 250GB LaCie Porsche drive took 30 sec whether the cable was connected directly or indirectly via the Belkin hub to an Intel duo-core Mac mini.) One warning though: do not connect or disconnect a cable to any Firewire port while burning a DVD on an external Firewire optical drive. from Amazon.com I write this review only because the negative reviews almost made me not buy the Belkin FireWire Hub. Alas, the options for such a devise are few and far between and unless you want to order something (instead of picking it up at the store) you have even fewer choices. from Amazon.com There are literally only a couple of choices for a product like this if you're a Mac owner, so, in spite of all the negative reviews of the product I decided to take a chance and buy it anyway considering the fact that I have several other Belkin components, and use their new UPS's on 3 of my Macs, so at worst I'd have to return it. Upon opening the new box, I was amazed at the size: it's TINY! from Amazon.com I rate the Belkin 6 port hub a zero. I installed exactly as instructed to my G5 tower. from Amazon.com I attached the Firewire hub, then attached my new Iomega external hard drive, and had a near-disaster which took me a full day to recover from. Turns out my new hard drive is not supposed to be plugged into a hub. No warning from Belkin about that possibility, and a warning from Iomega deep in the CD that came with the drive. So, MAKE SURE YOUR COMPONENTS ARE HUB-COMPATIBLE. from Amazon.com i've got three firewire 400 devices plugged into it. from Buy.com

Released	over 3 years ago
Number of Ports	6 Firewire
Form Factor	Desktop
Data Transfer Speed	Up to 400 Mbps
Power Source	BUS Powered Self Powered (Power Adapter)
MPN	F5U526-APL
Number of Uplink Ports	1 Firewire
Type	Firewire Hub
UPC	722868475546
USB / Firewire Standards	Firewire 400
Warranty	Lifetime
Weight	7.04 oz.

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