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Belkin Omnicube
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Great idea for multiple PC owners  |
We have far too many PCs in our house and there are far too many cables for anybodys liking, so this nifty little device comes in really handy.A glorified switchbox (and a tad expensive to boot) it allows the user to access two PCs using only one mouse, one keyboard and one monitor. Housed in a desktop friendly small metal box with a light-touch button to flick between PC inputs this is a great add-on if you have a laptop which you need to hook up to proper peripherals without disturbing your home or office layout. One thing to bear in mind though - there are no cables included in this pack so youll have to buy a set of leads for the monitor, mouse & keyboard - luckily, Amazon have these on the site - just doa search for Belkin and youll unearth them. Lack of cables aside, this is a great little device and invaluable in everyday use.
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fantastic  |
Great card, auto detected in XP and Me. within 20 mins I had a network going. Only small problem I had was availability of single cards since I have 3 machines. but otherwisw a fantasic kit, runs faster than my old cat5 10MB as well and I am yet to see if it is actually ADSL compatible.(I aint got dsl)Gareth
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Works Perfectly - and no Cat 5 strewn all over the place! |
Works exactly as expected straight out of the box. Network cards are recognised automatically at least in ME and 2000 so you dont even need to install drivers if you dont want to. Cards are treated just like ethernet cards.Real speeds are about 7-8MBs (which is about what youd expect from a 10base-T network and best youd get from a wirelss 11MBs setup). Plenty for file and print sharing and internet sharing on a small network. Been using this stuff for about a year on some pretty old and messy BT telephone extension wiring with no problems at all (either with telephone calls or data connections between computers). Running new CAT5 cables wasnt an easy option for me because of internal listing on building. Wireless has speed and security issues so HPNA2 seemed to be the way to go - and I believe it is. One drawback - you only seem to be able to buy network cards in the UK. None of the other useful stuff is imported here. Come on Linksys/Netgear- when are we going to get your Ethernet/HPNA bridges and routers over here? There are ways of ovecoming this using a PC with an ethernet card and an HPNA card but for simplicity, I ended up bringing an ethernet/HPNA bridge back from the US so that I can run an ethernet segment and use a hardware print server.
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