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Post by banjo on May 26, 2023 18:13:28 GMT
Presented as a FYI for others who may be confronted (affronted?) by similar or related PC USB gotchas.
The Hippie had fibre reluctantly forced onto him by nefarious BT business practice(s). We don't download films or stream owt so frankly it wasn't a big draw. It's quite a drawn out and mildly interesting story with a number of BT and OpenReach goofs, but I'd need to spend some time writing it and on reflection y'all wouldn't really be that interested. As a part of the "upgrade", I had the BT fibre doohickey installed in the attic (part of the story that!) and so my preferred hard wired internet connection on the router was no longer possible. Don't say PoE here because it's RF noisy crap technology in my view. I invested in a "Wireless AC" USB network dongle. I figured that I might as well go for an up to date nippy one, and I also elected to hunt down one with a passing penchant for Linux ready for when Bill's Bilge Ver.10 pulls the plug on my 'pooter in a couple of years time.
That's when the completely anticipated fun began! "This device can perform faster when connected to USB 3.0". No one will be surprised to discover that I had it already plugged into a USB 3.0, nor that I'd tried all the USB 3.0 ports on the box. Both the two on the front and two at the rear. My 2 Gb Crucial SSD always flags up as connected to USB 3.0, so the mechanical ports themselves had to be fine. I had also invested in a Sabrent USB 3.0 hub but whether in line or not nothing worked, wireless dongle straight into the port without its supplied USB 3.0 extension cord. Nothing.
So I did what we all do and resorted to Google and embarked on the customary task of filtering out all the dead Amazon, PicKlick and eBay links. First up, I tried removing the USB 2.0 wireless mouse dongle and the Griffin Technology USB 2.0 controller. I based that on my own gut hunch that the USB 2.0 devices being connected via the same USB 3.0 hub might be dragging the feet of the USB 3.0 devices? Not really because the Crucial SSD wasn't struggling, but you have to rule out possibilities. Then Uncle Google came good with the idea that you have to force the recalcitrant device onto the 5 GHz WiFi band. Device Mangler>Relevant Doohickey>ContextMenu>Properties>Advanced>WirelessMode>IEEE 802.11ac.
Cue some Windows disk crunching under the hood and off we go at light speed. Unsurprisingly, the Windoze Trouble Shooter didn't have a clue.
HTH. Someone anyway ...
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Post by nob on May 27, 2023 6:40:22 GMT
Not Plug and play then?
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Post by banjo on May 27, 2023 8:05:43 GMT
All part of life's rich tapestry.
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