Belkin FireWire 6-Port Hub (F5U526-APL)
Binding : Electronics
ProductGroup : CE
Manufacturer : Belkin Components
Brand : Belkin
Label : Belkin Components
Publisher : Belkin Components
Model : F5U526-APL
Studio : Belkin Components
Lowest Used Price: USD $46.48
Lowest New Price: USD $38.25
- Data Transfer Rate - 100, 200, 400 Mbps
- Network Ports Qty - 6 Ports
- Compliant Standards - N/A
- System Requirements - N/A
- Connectivity Technology - N/A
Adding six FireWire ports to your computer couldn't be easier. The Belkin 6-Port FireWire Hub stands vertically on your desktop, conserving precious desktop space as it saves you from reaching behind your computer for ports. Simply plug your high-speed, Zip, optical, or disk drive, scanner, printer, and other peripherals into the five rear Hub ports; a sixth port is conveniently located up front for easy access for your digital camera or other portable peripherals. The unit stands alone or docks with additional Hubs, making it easy to put all your multimedia gear on the ultrafast FireWire track. FireWire technology supports up to 63 devices on one computer with Plug-and-Play ease.The Belkin 6-Port FireWire Hub's sculpted, breakthrough design is aesthetically pleasing as it is functional. Intrinsic cable management flows your cables from the Hub in single file arc, reducing desktop clutter.
No help from Belkin (2008-11-16)
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. You will be told your search does not match any Belkin products. What you will find is documentation for FireWire 6-Port Hub #F5U526-WHT. That is a "different" product from the F2U526-APL. In that documentation there is no information about possible compatibility issues. So I give this the worse rating on two counts: 1) The manufacturer does not provide any support in when their products are compatible nor any guidance on how to check for compatibility and 2) this product is not even considered to be one of Belkin's. Is it discontinued? Even so, there should be an entry if Belkin provided "up and out" customer service.
Works great-as expected! (2008-10-23)
This sped my video editing while allowing proper connection to an external drive. I'm ready for anything video now!
Does the job, but not many items are firewire anymore (2008-07-21)
I use it for an external hard drive and a web cam, but some hard drives will insist on being hooked directly to the computer.
Belkin FireWire 6-port Hub (2008-07-06)
The Belkin Hub was just what I needed. My MacBook Pro just didn't have enough fire wire ports. The Belkin was VERY easy to set up and I have had NO problems with it.
underpowered (2008-05-30)
While it basically functions as it should, the hub seems to be slightly underpowered. I have just three devices plugged into it (two self-powered hard drives, and a Digi Mbox2Pro bus-powered audio interface), and it doesn't always recognize both drives. Also, sometime when I eject & turn off one of the drives, the audio interface disappears as well. As long as I don't change anything (i.e. turn off any drives), it works well.