Best USB and Firewire Hubs for Linux

Sort By
Wize has searched all the product sites to find the best and worst products. We have read 9,405 USB and Firewire Hub reviews from 54 sites.
Price (Go)
Brand: Select
Features: Select
Top Products
1 RECOMMENDED by 6 people for LINUX
Zonet (ZUH2215V) 4-Port USB Hub
fetching price...
$17.00 Est. at Amazon
wize choice
  1. from Gillius, www.newegg.com
    5.0 Stars Pros: Works as advertised; easy install and no drivers or special installation needed for Windows or Linux.
  2. from Upner, www.newegg.com
    5.0 Stars Works without installing drivers on Win XP as well as on my Ubuntu Linux PCs.
  3. from vgerprobe, www.newegg.com
    5.0 Stars It plays very nicely with Linux no configuration needed (tested on multiple version of Fedora Core and SuSE Linux).
  4. from www.newegg.com
    5.0 Stars i was a little scared by the "works with vista" warning but worked fine with linux.
  5. from www.newegg.com
    3.0 Stars Fit ok into Dell Optiplex GX1 PCI slot, but Linux (Fedora 7) did not recognize peripherals I tried a WD Passport 120gb w/o external power and a Seagate external 3.5" drive with external power.
Positives: Easy Installation, Great Connectivity, Compact, Number of Ports: 4 USB
2 RECOMMENDED by 2 people for LINUX
D-Link (DUB-H7) 7-Port USB Hub
fetching price...
$36.00 Est. at Amazon
wize choice
  1. from Imran, www.newegg.com
    5.0 Stars this device works with both usb1 and usb2 with linux (be sure to enable proper ehci settings in the kernel) cons: other hubs accepted connections from all keyboards where as this hub was giving "dropped packets" error with one specific keyboard...
  2. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars I use it on a PC running Ubuntu Linux.
  3. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars However, this does not seem work with Linux, which is my primary platform.
Positives: Compact, Good Connectivity, Easy Installation, Number of Ports: 7 USB
 
Top Products

Compare USB and Firewire Hubs for Linux »

Community
Community Members
Community Guidelines
Wize Blog
© 2009 Wize, Inc.

Wize.com wants to improve! Will you please help by taking a quick survey?

Yes! Take me there.

No Thanks

Favorites