Entrega HUB-4U 4-Port USB HUB

by Entrega Technologies

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00000K1SD
• Item model number: HUB-4U
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #399,005 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1999

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

This USB hub from Entrega Technologies provides your PC with four additional USB ports for scanners, modems, printers, digital cameras, joysticks, and other items. Entrega hubs are designed for stackability so they can run up to 127 USB peripherals from a single USB port. Dual-color LEDs indicate power and port status. Installation is simple, and there's no need to open the computer. The hub features individually switched ports so that if one device fails, the rest will continue operating. Entrega's auto-recovery technology ensures that if a port shuts down, it will automatically reset itself when a new device is plugged in. Included with the hub are a 2-meter USB cable, an AC power supply, an instruction book, and a full three-year "fix it or replace it" warranty.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Hub But Weak Manual, January 20, 2000

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Mike Reid (Myrtle Creek, Oregon) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Entrega HUB-4U 4-Port USB HUB (Personal Computers)

I reciently purchased and installed the Entrega 4 port USB Hub. Dispite the illeterate manual the installation was rather streight forward. I did my installation of the physical connections while the computer was shut down. When I started up, the instructions for software installation bore no resembelance to what I experienced. However, as an advanced MSWindows user I had no trouble installing the software. If you are uncomfortable with installing new hadrware on your PC, you might have your neighborhood guru sit in while you add this great hub to your system.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Installed easily and works great., June 7, 2000

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"jimreed351" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Entrega HUB-4U 4-Port USB HUB (Personal Computers)

I hooked everything up with the computer shut off. As soon as I turned it on again Windows instantly recognized it and informed me that installation was completed. I first plugged in a Joy-stick with no problem. Then I installed my mouse and Back UPS and again no problems. As soon as I use up the last port I`m going to order another one. A friend who is running Windows 95 told me that he had some problems with his installation. I`m running Win.98 and had no problems whatsoever.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you use USB ports on a Windows machine, you need this, August 25, 2000

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tropic_of_criticism - See all my reviews

This review is from: Entrega HUB-4U 4-Port USB HUB (Personal Computers)

I found this product does almost exactly what it was advertised to do. I've had everything from a low-powered joystick to a scanner plugged into it, and haven't experience many difficulties. The only thing that threw it for a curve was a USB ethernet adapter, which inexplicably stopped functioning properly after a few hours of being plugged in to the hub. I'm not sure why, but it had to be plugged directly into the computer's USB port to work reliably.

That anomaly aside, the only thing I can think of that it doesn't do what its packaging says it should, is add four ports to your system. It adds only three, because, of course, it has to be plugged into one of your computer's existing ports. Indeed, every time you add one of these puppies to your system you're only adding three more ports, because one port always has to be used simply as a connector.

Other reviewers have pointed out that it doesn't work well on Macs or under Windows 95. I unfortunately haven't been able to verify either of those statements, so I'll leave my review qualified to this extent: by and large, it works very well under Windows 98. If you have Windows 98 or ME, this is the USB expansion solution you want.