D-Link DFB-H7 4-Port USB 2.0, 2-Port Firewire Combo Hub

by D-Link

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000C4M1D
• Item model number: DFB-H7
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #122,927 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: December 19, 2005

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The D-Link DFB-H7 USB 2.0/Firewire Combo Hub is a combination 6-port USB 2.0 and 1394 FireWire hub that brings together two popular high-speed technologies for an all-in-one, high-speed, high performance solution for digital media peripherals.

Connect all of your digital media peripherals with the DFB-H7. With four USB 2.0 ports for connecting all of your USB peripherals and two FireWire ports, you have plenty of available ports to connect your digital video camcorder, hard drive, digital camera, Web cam or other FireWire and USB devices. The DFB-H7 is compliant with both USB 2.0 and FireWire standards, and a total of up to 189 devices (127 USB devices and 63 FireWire) can be daisy-chained.

The DFB-H7 is a true plug and play solution requiring no extra drivers and supports both PCs and Macs and all the popular operating systems including Windows 98SE, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2K, and Mac OS Jaguar 10.1 and above.

Compact and portable, the DFB-H7 can be integrated into any home or office environment connects immediately to your multimedia peripherals. Both a FireWire cable and a 6 ft. USB 2.0 cable are included with the DFB-H7 for connecting to a host computer or hub.

Note: Maximum transfer rate based on USB 2.0 specifications. Actual data throughput will vary.

Product Description

The D-Link DFB-H7 combines two popular connectivity standards, both 1394 Firewire and USB 2.0, into one easy-to-use, all-in-one hub that transfers media rich content at speeds up to 480Mbps using USB 2.0 and up to 400Mbps using Firewire. Connect your Firewire or USB hard drive, DV camcorder, webcam, digital camera or any other digital media peripheral to the DFB-H7 quickly and easily.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars 0 Stars - WARNING !!! DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT, April 26, 2004

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Avid Reader "go-blue-um-staff" (ANN ARBOR, MI United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: D-Link DFB-H7 4-Port USB 2.0, 2-Port Firewire Combo Hub (Personal Computers)

After 2 months, the firewire component of this product short-circuited and fried all connected firewire components including the firewire port on my CPU motherboard. D-link will not accept liability for any damage caused by this malfunction. This hub acted as a conduit for $2500 damage to my computer system. DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT!!!

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Only 2 additional Firewire ports when using with a computer!, December 28, 2003

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D. McClure "myramoki" (Charlotte, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: D-Link DFB-H7 4-Port USB 2.0, 2-Port Firewire Combo Hub (Personal Computers)

Having a Mac, I want to be able to expand the number of USB & Firewire devices and this seemed like a great choice, 4 USB, 3 Firewire. Perfect. Well not quite. You only get a *total* for 3 Firewire ports, including the one you'd have to hook up to a computer. For USB though, you get 4 USB ports, and one additional port to hook up to the computer. Sure, you don't have to have Firewire connected to a computer, unlike USB, but what would be the point of buying a hub with both USB and Firewire if you weren't going to hook it up to a computer for both things? Just be aware of that if you buy this product. -1 star for misleading product naming, and -1 star for not actually providing 4 total Firewire ports.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointingly poor performance for a D-Link product, December 12, 2005

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WouldUTrustThisMan (Canberra, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: D-Link DFB-H7 4-Port USB 2.0, 2-Port Firewire Combo Hub (Personal Computers)

I bought this product purely on the past experience I've had with D-Link products, which have been very good until now.

I have a Palm V (connected through a Keyspan USB-PDA adaptor USA-19A), an iPod (connected through FireWire), an Apple Keyboard and mouse, a Posiflex barcode scanner, a USB floppy drive, and a Seiko Smart Label Printer (USB). When connected directly to the iMac (or with a low power device connected to the keyboard), these devices all work fine.

When connected to the D-Link multi-port hub, things just don't work. The barcode scanner interferes with the keyboard, my iPod is sometimes invisible, my Palm won't sync (sometimes the "Establishing Connection" phase doesn't complete, sometimes the sync aborts half way through), and my floppy drive doesn't work.

Eventually I figured that if I don't connect my floppy drive or thumb drive, the keyboard and barcode scanner can coexist peacefully and the FireWire port becomes more stable. I wonder if the hub is simply having problems supplying enough power to all the devices?

This product is a lemon, plain and simple.