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Belkin F1U400 4x4 USB Peripheral Switch 12 Mbps

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Manufacturer: Belkin Components
Model: F1U400
Binding: Electronics
Publisher: Belkin Components
Label: Belkin Components

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Features for Belkin F1U400 4x4 USB Peripheral Switch 12 Mbps :

USB Ports - N/A
USB Support - USB 1.1 and USB 2.0
Weight - N/A
OS Support - Windows 98 SE,ME,2000,XP, and Mac OS 9.2.
Boot Option - N/A

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Editorial Review
The Belkin 4x4 USB Peripheral Switch (the Switch) lets you access four USB devices - such as printers, cameras, scanners, and external hard drives - from up to four computers simultaneously. This convenient design gives you immediate access to your USB devices through both a push button and through Belkin's new, easy-to-use Switch software. It keeps all your devices available without your having to detach and reconnect them from one computer to another, and gives you the option of using them all from a single computer or assigning each device to any of the connected computers.
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Customer Reviews

GREAT INVENTION

2007-08-16
This switch worked great for me, i had two computers, my printer and scanner hooked up and it worked great.,,, no problems whatsoever

User interface issues are a drawback

2004-01-15
I bought the F1U400 as a KVM switch substitute, allowing me to use a USB mouse and USB keyboard between two computers (I can't use a KVM for my monitor, due to RF interference).

The switch *blinks*. When a USB component is plugged into it, the box indicates this by blinking an LED for that component. The blinking is very distracting, and the design of the LEDs (lots of curves) would make it difficult to cover them up. I've ended up hiding the switch behind my monitor.

The box has four buttons to swap USB components among hosts. Pressing a button once lights up the current host. You then need to press it again to start cycling through the list. The box waits for input for five seconds; only after those five seconds are complete does it reconnect the component. Any other button presses in that time cancel the change. This means that switching from one machine to another is far more laborious than with a normal KVM (particularly if you're switching a keyboard and a mouse separately).

Because I'm operating in a mixed Windows/Unix environment, I haven't installed the Windows switching software.

The F1U400 is probably a reasonable approach for components like printers, mass storage devices and scanners, which won't be moving from machine to machine with nearly the frequency of keyboards and mice. You'll have to hide the LEDs, though.

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