Netgear WG111v3 - When Inserted shuts computer down

[donkeyfly]

Ok. I am currently using a Zyxel G-202. However, I bought a Netgear WG111 because my Zyxel every so often would lose connection. I know it's not the router as we had a Zyxel router and it did it then and now we have a Netgear one and it still seems to do it. I got the Netgear adapter in hope it would fix my problem.

I have installed the driver software but when it comes to plugging in the adapter, it restarts my computer. i don't know if it's a power failure or not.

Any ideas of what I can do?


Thanks

 

[Ididmyc600]

Hi

Daft question, have you tried the USB (sticks out tongue as I hate USB wifi sticks) in another PC, it may be faulty as they carry a 5v it may be shorting out the USB socket.

As for the WIFI losing connection, it is a common fault with some WIFI systems, here's an example, my main laptop is an Inspiron 1300 with a boradcom MiniPCI WIFI nic, it never loses connection, but my spare laptop (im not rich i just buy em cheap and fix em up) has a Belkin PCMCIA NIC and it loses connection on a regular basis, on both im using windows own built in WIFI manager.

I did read somewhere about changing the channel they use and I think i did that once with another laptop and card and it stopped it losing connection.

If you can get a PCMCIA card instead they are much much better than a USB dongle.

Regards

 

[donkeyfly]

Well - I kept my Zyxel one in which hasn't gone down since before I said so I haven't need to use the Netgear one.

My Zyxel adapter was originally going through a USB Hub and another wire. I cut out the hub and plugged it straight into the back of my PC and I haven't had any trouble since.

Thanks for the response.

EDIT: My dad used the NETGEAR adapter on his PC before me and it worked fine.

 

[NetCablesPlus]

Have you tried the Netgear adapter on a different USB socket? It could be the socket, itself, on your PC.

 

[DelJo63]

delete the driver for the device and then power off.

insert the device and reboot the system to allow Auto Discovery to install the
correct driver.