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Linksys EW5HUB Ethernet 5-port Workgroup Hub

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

Happy with Linksys

(5 out of 5) by Amazon Customer on Dec 11, 1999
This hub has been the core of my home network for over a year. Solid performer, works with all sorts of mongrelized 10 base T wiring. Uplink "shares" fifth port, only moderately successful in attaching 5 devices and an uplink.

Very small and light, if you are thinking of taking a hub on the road with your laptop.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

You get what you pay for.

(3 out of 5) by M. McEachen on Jul 19, 2000 (California, USA)
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.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

Excellent robust hub

(5 out of 5) by Christopher Smith on Feb 6, 2000
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.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

It works!

(5 out of 5) by Jonathan Little on Mar 6, 2000
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.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

Very worthy for the home network.

(4 out of 5) by Jon Leslie on May 17, 2000 (Lilburn, GA USA)
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.