Best USB and Firewire Hubs for Network

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1 RECOMMENDED by 3 people for NETWORK
IOGear GUB201 1-Port / 2-Uplink USB Switch
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$22.00 Est. at Amazon
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  1. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars many all-in-one printer units do not come with an internal ethernet card, allowing other computer network users to have equal access to all printer/scanner/fax/copy functions.
  2. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars i run the iogear 2 to 1 to share a printer between the pcs on my home network and my office laptop which is on a corporate network.
  3. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars i used to have my printer networked thru my desktop windows box at home.
  4. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars you see, i set-up the computers on a network, and that works fine.
  5. from MOLTOX, www.newegg.com
    4.0 Stars pros: i can now easily share a usb network card with two computers.
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Positives: Easy Installation, Good Connectivity, Compact, Number of Ports: 1 USB
2 RECOMMENDED by 2 people for NETWORK
Belkin (F1U200V)
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$31.00 Est. at Amazon
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  1. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars i recommend this to anyone wanting to share usb items on a network without having to use the wireless/wire network router system.
  2. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars when i bought my new hp printer it said it was not network ready, but i thought that was fine since i had an airport extreme with my imac.
  3. from lt.dell.com
    5.0 Stars prosi bought this device when i added a laptop to my home network.
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Positives: Good Connectivity, Compact, Easy Installation, Number of Ports: 4 USB
3 RECOMMENDED by 2 people for NETWORK
Tripp Lite (U215-0004-R) 4-Port USB Hub
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$41.00 Est. at Amazon
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  1. from A Customer from Chicago area, IL, clickfrom.buy.com
    5.0 Stars recommend to anyone needing to network multiple computers to a single printer using usb.
  2. from Mikeyv from Lindstrom, MN, clickfrom.buy.com
    5.0 Stars my wife and i were struggling using a shared printer on the network.
  3. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars by having both big led buttons and easy-software, the 4-port usb switch worked great with four non-networked pc's (or four networked pc's needing to share an inexpensive, non-networked printer).
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Positives: Excellent Connectivity, Easy Installation, Compact, Number of Ports: 4 USB
4 RECOMMENDED by 2 people for NETWORK
Iogear
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$28.00 Est. at Amazon
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  1. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars you see, i set-up the computers on a network, and that works fine.
  2. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars i used to have my printer networked thru my desktop windows box at home.
  3. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars many all-in-one printer units do not come with an internal ethernet card, allowing other computer network users to have equal access to all printer/scanner/fax/copy functions.
  4. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars i run the iogear 2 to 1 to share a printer between the pcs on my home network and my office laptop which is on a corporate network.
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Positives: Easy Installation, Good Connectivity, Compact, Data Transfer Speed: Up to 480 Mbps
5 RECOMMENDED by 3 people for NETWORK
D-Link (DUB-H7) 7-Port USB Hub
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$37.00 Est. at Amazon
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  1. from Al from New York, NY, clickfrom.buy.com
    5.0 Stars all usb attachments are accessible over the wireless network-external hardrive, printer, iphone, etc.
  2. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars for anything to do with hubs or switches whether they be network or usb i trusted d-link for over 5 years, and they never let me down.
  3. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars caused me to research which of my accessories were not usb 2.0 in order to better manage network speed.
  4. from www.amazon.com
    1.0 Star thank you for networking with d-link.
  5. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars this allow various items to connect to your computer and improves networking.
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Positives: Compact, Good Connectivity, Easy Installation, Number of Ports: 7 USB
 
Hewlett Packard HP LaserJet P2035N
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$298.00 Est. at Amazon
  1. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars the network setup worked easily with my cable router.
  2. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars especially with networking build into the printer.
  3. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars there is a few seconds lag when the print command is sent over the network, but that is natural because of the speed of the network itself.
  4. from www.pcnation.com
    2.0 Stars comment there is no jet direct on this printer so if the network card dies, you''ll be exchanging the entire printer nbd.
  5. from www.amazon.com
    1.0 Star the previous model was the p2015dn that would lose its web interface and network settings randomly.
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Positives: Compact, High Quality, Data Transfer Speed: Up to 480 Mbps
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