OPEN BOX - Digi AnywhereUSB 2 Plus Remote USB Combo Hub

So I can’t really write review because I can’t power up the item. Because I can’t power it up. I mean seriously, the additional cost of a power block, even if it meant increasing, the price, would be much more acceptable than having your parcel arrive, and then have to find either a power block or buy one.

This is a good product so long as you realize it doesn't come with a power cord for some reason, which needs to be bought separately. This is for remote USB device access. Imagine needing to connect to a usb-devices located far away from a computer. You could chain a bunch of active usb extension cables, notoriously finicky as they are, or you could use one of these and use a network connection, which are longer range. This also allows you to quickly switch which computer is connected to the usb device. Device does have limited Linux support, but could use some more work in this area to smooth out some rough edges (e.g. no command line utility, requires GUI). Other than that it's very fully featured, giving you lots of control over devices and this connection.

Item shipped with no powersupply and doesnt indicate it doesn't come with one.

I am very impressed with both the hardware and software. The unit works very well and the two USB ports should be capable of delivering quite a bit of power as the power supply can be up to 5 amp. Unfortunately the software design is made so that a computer always is assigned *all* devices connected to one (or both) of the two ports. So if you connect a USB hub to a port, all those devices will be assigned. So effectively only two users can share devices at the same time. What a shame! I think Digi deliberately crippled the software like this so that they can sell their very expensive 8- and 24-port versions. (Otherwise you could just buy the 2-port version and use it to share any number of devices to any number of users). I recommend that you check out the Silex Technology DS-600 or DS-700 that in my opinion offer much better value. Silex is not trying to sell huge multi-port devices. Instead they have designed the software so that you simply connect a hub and access/share each USB device individually. A user (computer) can connect to each USB device individually, leaving the other USB devices usable/accessible to other users (computers).

The device came without issue but didn't have it's power cord to make this function.