Please help with this annoying problem...

Brent_212 · Post by **Brent_212** » Thu Mar 01, 2001 4:37 pm

I've got four computers hooked into a 5-port linksys switch. I've got a cable modem hooked into a linksys 1-port router which is also hooked into the switch. Three of the computer don't have any problems at all, and they are using PCI NIC's, while this one computer, using a linksys USB net adapter has been having problems ever since we got the cable modem (about 5 months ago).

The problem is that when the computer starts up it will be connected to the network and internet and working fine, but after a short amount of time (sometimes 10 minutes, sometimes an hour), it will lose its connection to both the internet and network, even if it hasn't been doing any activity. We finally somehow fixed this problem by setting the "Keep Alive" function on the router setup page, and it was working great for about a month, until we switched cable modems about two weeks ago. The new modem works a lot better for the other three computers, but the one with the usb adapter has gone back to its old habits of losing its connection. I checked all the settings on the router, and they are all the same as before, when we had the problem fixed. The only thing that has changed is the dns addresses, but I changed those on all four computers' network settings to match the new ones.

Any ideas on what the problem could be? I've heard usb adapters aren't very good, but we did have it working great for awhile, and I'd like to get it back to how it was, but keep the new modem.

Thanks,
Brent(212)

glc1 · Post by **glc1** » Thu Mar 01, 2001 4:42 pm

Do you have the latest drivers for the USB network adapter?
Try uninstalling and reinstalling the USB network adapter along w/ your adapters and protocols.
You may want to switch to a NIC.

cyberskye · Post by **cyberskye** » Thu Mar 01, 2001 4:50 pm

Switch to a NIC! I have had similar issues prior to moving to PCI NIC.

Cheers,

Skye

crazyman · Post by **crazyman** » Thu Mar 01, 2001 5:44 pm

ya I agree,we have only had problems with usb adaptors.go with the pci.

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Thu Mar 01, 2001 6:23 pm

yep, i mentioned that in the latest news on the main page www.speedguide.net

nothing right now beats a NIC for ethernet, maybe USB 2.0 will be better but only time will tell... right now comparing USB 1.1 to an actually NIC the NIC wins...

rpeAMP · Post by **rpeAMP** » Thu Mar 01, 2001 11:26 pm

I used a USB ethernet adapter and I had similar problems. I would be surfing the internet or file sharing and all of the sudden the link and activity lights on the adapter would just turn off. I guess it lost power or something. I then took it back and replaced it with a NIC and everything worked fine.