Dead USB ports on a laptop - ideas?

[Colin Law]

On 21 September 2014 13:38, Peter Smout <smoutpete at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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!)

Start another thread to discuss this, as you say, but any wired
network should be able to get close to 100Mbps, the age of the router
is irrelevant.  On wifi if you are only a room or two away from the
router you should get at least 20Mbps (around 2MBytes/sec).  In the
case of wifi living in the country can be an advantage as their is
less likelihood of close neighbours clogging up the wifi channels.

Colin

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> Pete S
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