Thanks for the advice.
Chris
--- In simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com, Fast Dragonfly <fastdragonfly@...> wrote:
>
> If you have the USB connection issue after the computer comes out of
> system standby or hibernation, that is common. It happen with some USB
> devices. Wireless devices seem to get hit hardest. When I use my USB
> wireless device and let it go into standby or hibernation, I repair or
> disable, then enable the connection. Another thing you could do is, type
> 'ipconfig /renew' at the DOS prompt. All three options try to reconnect
> the computer to a working IP address.
>
>
> DragonFly
>
> On 6/4/2011 1:46 AM, chris259s wrote:
> >
> > Hi Roger,
> >
> > I don't know if you will be able to find technical info about my box
> > online although you can certainly find general info. It is simply
> > called SFR Neufbox. SFR purchased AOL in France several years ago. Old
> > clients like me retain their AOL email addies but new clients are
> > given a Neuf addy. We all still use the AOL software though and I have
> > access to worldwide AOL sites as well as SFR. It is all a bit bizaar.
> >
> > In rural France many of the telephone cables are really really
> > ancient. It is a long slow road to be brought up to modern technology
> > here. We live in hope. LOL!!
> >
> > I think that the most important point in this is the fact that in the
> > office where the computer is, it is not possible to plug the modem
> > directly into the wall socket. There has to be an extension lead
> > running to the proximity of the computer and the modem plugged into
> > that. Like I said it always worked fine with the old ADSL modem
> > despite being warned to do that. With the Neufbox though - absolutely
> > nothing!!
> >
> > I did search for updated drivers last night and installed. We will see
> > if that helps things in the short term.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Chris
> >
> > --- In simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com
> > <mailto:simplycomputers2%40yahoogroups.com>, "RogerX19"
> > <helpmeroger@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hmm, I guess it was presumptious of me to assume that you are in the US.
> > >
> > > I am curious, however, how the phone lines in France differ from
> > ours, and what makes a main vs. extension line.
> > >
> > > Mind telling us the make and model of your modem/router? I'd like to
> > read the installation section of that manual ...
> > >
> > > Always interesting to learn something new.
> > >
> > > rogerX
> > >
> > > --- In simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com
> > <mailto:simplycomputers2%40yahoogroups.com>, "chris259s" <C259s@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Thanks to all for the replies. Thanks Vince for confirming my own
> > opinion that the USB WIFI system is a bit iffy. It was all that I
> > could get locally so now I will look on the web to try to get one here
> > in France.
> > > >
> > > > Roger, thanks for your input but I am afraid that it does appear
> > to be flawed in my own experience. My old ADSL modem worked just fine
> > plugged into an extension cable that was in turn plugged into the
> > telephone point on the other side of the office.
> > > >
> > > > When this new style of modem/router arrived the book specifically
> > instructed that it must not be run from a telephone extension.
> > However, I did try it and used a cable connection (tried both USB and
> > ethernet) and could not get a connection to the internet or even a
> > phone line. The engineer had to come to install it in the end and he
> > had to open the box that feeds the telephone line into the house and
> > fiddle with it.
> > > >
> > > > That would seem to be because the telephone cables in this part of
> > rural France are in very poor condition The max connection that I can
> > get here is 512kbps. New cables are supposed to be ongoing work in
> > this area but work stopped months ago and all we have now are holes in
> > the road and cable ends that lead nowhere.
> > > >
> > > > In any case it made sense to have the modem installed in the
> > living room as that is where the phone is and the phone needs to be
> > plugged directly into the modem to give me free calls. In addition as
> > I now have a laptop I wanted to be able to link the 2 on a wireless
> > network.
> > > >
> > > > So, I will see what slots are available on the mobo and take it
> > from there.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks again to everyone for the advice.
> > > >
> > > > Chris
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- In simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com
> > <mailto:simplycomputers2%40yahoogroups.com>, "RogerX19" <helpmeroger@>
> > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Here's an easy solution:
> > > > >
> > > > > The person who told you that the router had to be on the "main
> > line" and not an "extension" is wrong.
> > > > >
> > > > > All phone lines in your house are the same, there is no physical
> > difference between the original one that the phone company installed,
> > and any that were added later.
> > > > >
> > > > > If you have a phone line in the room where your computer is,
> > move the router there. Then plug your computer into the router via a
> > wire, not WiFi.
> > > > >
> > > > > Be aware that the installer may have placed line filters on the
> > phone lines in your house except for the one where the router is
> > plugged in. This is normal. Just be sure to unplug the line filter
> > from the jack that you want to plug the router into.
> > > > >
> > > > > The line filter is just for the jacks that have phones on them.
> > It filters out the modem noise so that you don't hear it when using
> > the phone.
> > > > >
> > > > > rogerX
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com
> > <mailto:simplycomputers2%40yahoogroups.com>, "chris259s" <C259s@> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > My desktop computer does not have internal WIFI. So, when my
> > new router/modem with WIFI was installed it had to be in the room next
> > door so that it was installed into the primary telephone point and not
> > an extension.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > So, I had to buy a USB WIFI stick. Distance is not a problem
> > as the computer is literally on the other side of the wall from the
> > modem but I frequently get the message that a USB device has stopped
> > working. This always refers to the USB WIFI. Rebooting cures the
> > problem. I have tried different USB sockets with no change.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > This never happens with my laptop which has integral WIFI. So,
> > I am assuming that it is a known problem with USB WIFI.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Is there a solution? My computer is HP Compaq Pressario new
> > last August with Windows 7. Would it be possible to install an
> > internal WIFI and would this be likely to solve the problem?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > Chris
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
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