Cisco-Linksys EFAH08W EtherFast 8-Port 10/100 Auto-Sensing Hub (Desktop)

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Product Manual [97kb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 3.4 x 2.1 x 0.2 inches ; 1.7 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00003006B
• Item model number: EFAH08W
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #37,018 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 4, 1999

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The EtherFast 10/100 Auto-Sensing Hubs from Linksys provide a fast and economical way to build or extend an enterprise 100 Mbps network. This eight-port hub lets you connect computers, workstations, servers, or other nodes in seconds. Every port of the hub automatically adjusts to either 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps speeds, allowing you to mix 10BaseT and 100BaseTX hardware together any way you like--all on the same hub. Combine low-cost 10 Mbps computers with high-speed Fast Ethernet workstations, and save money by putting 100 Mbps hardware only where you need it most.

Product Description

True 10/100 Auto-Sensing Ports (Dual Speed Per Port) / Uplink Port for connectiing with other Hubs Rack-Mountable Uplink port for expansion and connectivity with other hubs and switches Free Technical Support 5 Year Limited Warranty from LinkSys

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy setup, works like a charm!, June 8, 2001

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El Gordo (Royal Oak, MI) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Cisco-Linksys EFAH08W EtherFast 8-Port 10/100 Auto-Sensing Hub (Desktop) (Personal Computers)

First of all, the current picture of a black hub is mistaken - the box looks like the other current linksys routers / hubs with the bright blue and black plastic box design.

That having been said, this hub worked perfectly out of the box. It is used to network among machines running Windows 98, Windows 2000, and Linux, using a variety of ethernet cards (3Com, Linksys, NetGear). It has been used several weeks now without a problem. Setup took minutes!

Besides this item, I have bought and used several Linksys products before, including several 4-port hubs, a 4-port router, PC network cards and a laptop card. All of these have worked flawlessly with the other network equipment I have used. In some cases they replaced an item that cost 3-6 times more yet did not work as well!

I noticed some other users have had issues with this product, so here are a few pointers about networking that might help:

1) Hubs allow computers to talk to connect to each other on a local network. All a hub does is allow a computer which is set up to be on the network to talk to another computer.

2) To create a local network that can talk to the internet, you either need to buy an IP address for every machine and use a hub, or use a router to allow multiple computers on the internal network to look to anyone on the internet as having a single IP address. (Don't forget the cable/DSL connection & modem.)

3) The maximum speed that the hub supports may be 100 Mbps, but the speed is limited by the speed of the ethernet card as well! Some ethernet cards are only rated for 10Mbps - so that is the maximum connection speed you'll get using them.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Want speed? This is the hub for you!, February 3, 2000

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Toxictoy (Delaware, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Cisco-Linksys EFAH08W EtherFast 8-Port 10/100 Auto-Sensing Hub (Desktop) (Personal Computers)

Linksys has made a really high quality yet affordable hub with this model. I was able to just take it out of the box and easily networked my 3 pc's and 1 laptop with ease. The documentation provided was easy to understand. As a side note the Linksys home page is full of "how-to" information for the beginner as well as pretty innovative stuff for the more advanced user (like how to share your cable modem with this particular hub to all your PC's without paying for extra IP addresses to the cable company). As a technician I totally recommend this hub to any who have a need for speed.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simple, Fast, everything as advertised, November 26, 2000

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Brad Edwards (Bakersfield, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cisco-Linksys EFAH08W EtherFast 8-Port 10/100 Auto-Sensing Hub (Desktop) (Personal Computers)

Very simple to set up, just plug in the power, and plug in each network cable. Great for a small, or home office where you have a mix of 10 and 100 Mbps computers.

I have 1 computer at 10 Mbps, a cable modem router, and 5 other computers at 100 Mbps, and everything works great.