Belkin USB PERIPHERAL SWITCH F1U401 Review

Second comment on Mac OS 10.4 incompatibility. I bought it to use a USB wireless keyboard and mouse set with a Mac and a PC, and despite what it says on the box, the Belkin $60 Switch doesn't work with Mac OS. The installation guide and user guide are an absolute joke — Belkin includes a Mac Installation Guide (a 2 x 2-inch, one-page, 12-step guide) with the 20-page PC guide. . Not only that, Belkin completely overlooks how to use the software after downloading it onto a Mac - see, THERE IS NO…

My purchased Belkin USB 4X1 Peripheral Switch sits in a box in my garage and has never worked properly. I've tried, my IT folks have tried, and Belkin's troubleshooters have tried unsuccessfully to get it to work by hooking up the scanner to two computers. Finally, one of Belkin's reps said - quite casually - that it might be a bad switch, send it back and they'll send another. They never sent me any information to send it back. I chose Belkin because I wanted a quality product. I made a…

I HAVE used several of these switches over the years with 2 XP computers and an old Win98 to switch between 6 printers. EVERYTHING WAS GREAT UNTIL I RECENTLY BOUGHT A NEW COMPUTER WITH WINDOWS 7 PRO AND XP MODE INSTALLED. NOW I HAVE A LOT OF SECURITY. HERE'S THE BIG PROBLEM: NO UPDATES FOR WIN7 DRIVERS ARE AVAILABLE FROM BELKIN. PLACES OFFERING UPDATED DRIVERS FOR PAYMENT SCAM DO NOT CONTACT IT. IF YOU ARE USING WINXP THE SWITCHES SHOULD WORK OK BUT IF YOU ARE USING 7 OR 8 THINK TWICE.

I bought a Belkin switch to connect 4 computers to one printer but some systems didn't recognize the device as valid let alone connect to the printer manufactured. It works on some laptop models (Dell) but not on Sony or HP models. Tried updating drivers, cutting USB cables, printers from two different manufacturers, but nothing worked. I fiddled around with the thing for 2 weeks and finally ordered a device from IOgear again. I received the device, connected the machines, everything was…