Recommended Firewire Hubs?

For the last year or so, I've been using the Belkin powered six-port Firewire hub. I've got a 3G Ipod, Mini, Firewire Scanner, and two Firewire hard drives, so a hub is pretty necessary. Ever since SP2 to Windows XP came out, my happy little Firewire world has been less happy. My problems are less traumatic than some reported in the forum--mostly I get annoying, nagging messages when iPods are removed from the system, warning me about file errors on the Firewire HDs. Lately, though, I have been getting the dreaded -69 synch error.
I know that the common recommendation for Firewire cards is the Adaptec 4300. But my internal Firewire card, based on a TI chipset, seems to be just fine with SP2. When I plug the iPod directly into the computer by unplugging the hub, my synch errors disappear. Are there any hubs that are recommended with benefits like the Adaptec 4300 card? Would an Adaptec card likely make the hub behave better under SP2?

The Adaptec 4300 is definitely a better fit with SP2 than anything else, but it will only give you three ports. If you can run your 'Pods off of it and everything else off the Belkin you may be okay.

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