Belkin 2×1 USB Peripheral Switch
March 15th, 2010 Posted in Gadget Reviews
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Product Description
The Belkin 2×1 USB Peripheral Switch (the Switch) gives multiple computers access to a single USB 1.1-compliant device – such as a printer, camera, scanner, or an external storage device. It offers a convenient design and easy-to-use switching software that gives you immediate access to your USB device. Once connected, your device stays available to all connected computers, eliminating the need for you to unplug and reconnect it to another computer…. More >>
Belkin 2×1 USB Peripheral Switch
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March 16th, 2010 at 12:23 am
This is a good idea that doesn’t work…
Installed the software into a PC and a Macbook, was able to print from one channel, but never the other.
What the ????
Why make something that clearly doesn’t work most of the time?? (judging from the other reviews…)
Rating: 1 / 5
March 16th, 2010 at 3:02 am
This device does not work with Macintosh computers running Mac OS 10.3 OR HIGHER. This information is NOT shown prominently on the product page on Belkin’s web site; you have to find an obscure tech support page to find this. This means that any computer purchased since 2005 will not be compatible with this switch. They were thus far unable to give me a timeframe for a new driver release.
Rating: 1 / 5
March 16th, 2010 at 3:22 am
I have used this switch flawlessly for about 4 months; that is, until I installed McAfee Security Center. I could only guess what “feature” of McAfee shuts down the software that runs this little device, but I am confident that McAfee is the cause. I un-installed the Security Center, and it works again. I am personally very happy with the device, but the software compatibility issue is the reason for 4-stars instead of 5. I do not need another reason to stop using McAfee; the question is do you?
Rating: 4 / 5
March 16th, 2010 at 3:35 am
This item does exactly what the description states. I have 2 computer connected to a printer using this device and switching between computers could not be easier. All you have to do is hit CTRL + F11 and it immediately switches between computers. Could not have asked for an easier product!
Rating: 5 / 5
March 16th, 2010 at 4:51 am
The product was difficult to configure and did not work as expected. I expected that the printer would AUTOMATICALLY be available to two different notebook computers via USB. In reality, software is involved plus the need to click on an icon in the System Tray. Even so, the switching did not produce consistent results. Both notebooks were running Windows XP Home Edition.
It was easier to manually switch the cables so I’m not using the device at this time.
Rating: 3 / 5