Dead USB ports on a laptop - ideas?

[Peter Smout]

On 21/09/14 13:16, Colin Law wrote:
> On 21 September 2014 12:14, Peter Smout <smoutpete at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 21/09/14 11:27, Karl Auer wrote:
>>>
>>> On Sun, 2014-09-21 at 11:12 +0100, Peter Smout wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> There are remote USB units out there that make one or more USB ports
>>>>> available across the network.
>>>>
>>>> You learn something new everyday! I have never heard of or come across
>>>> these.
>>>
>>>
>>> Google for "USB redirector linux" (minus the quotes, of course)
>>>
>>> Regards, K.
>>>
>> Thanks Karl, all new knowledge welcome, but for me personally with my
>> limited bandwidth probably not that great but filed for future reference ;)
>
> Can you explain what you mean by limited bandwidth?  Bandwidth within
> your home network is nothing to do with your internet connection, if
> that is what you are referring to.
>
> Colin
>
Hi,

That is what I was referring to, since my move into the wyldes 
everything I took for granted has slowed down including my home network 
(still using the same d-link router in addition to the "free" one 
provided by the ISP) this I assumed was a symptom of the slow internet 
speeds out here! (Having moved from a fibre optic connection in the city 
to the "top" broadband available in the area everything is painfully 
slow ;-D)
Perhaps my faithful D-Link router is on it's last legs, file transfer 
speed within my home network is CONSIDERABLY slower than it used to be! 
not unusable but still noticeable to the point of a film being quicker 
to copy onto USB stick and physically move the stick into the other machine!

Hey ho living in the country has far more benefits than drawbacks and us 
humans are nothing if not adaptable! And one day Our government will see 
high-speed broadband for all as more important than getting from London 
to Birmingham 10mins quicker!

If you have any ideas why my home net has slowed I will of course try 
them (perhaps in another thread as this is not even my thread & I don't 
like hijacking others!)

Pete S