alex
Wed, 01 May 2002 22:07:46 -0700
I guess the topic of dodgy USB chipsets should be added to the FAQ. Do we think all the dropout problems are a result of USB wierdness? Assuming things work fine under Windows maybe we should take our findings to the USB developers list?
Alex. On Thu, 2002-05-02 at 05:54, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 28, 2002 at 12:33:18PM +0100, Tim Woodall wrote: > > > On Sat, 27 Apr 2002, jazbo wrote: > > > > > > > > My USB is provided by a 1996 IBM pc350 pentium 166. specifically: > > > 00:01.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371SB PIIX3 USB [Natoma/Triton II] > > > (rev 01) > > > > > > > [tim@heisenberg tim]$ grep USB /proc/pci > > USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371SB PIIX3 USB [Natoma/Triton II] (rev 1). > > > > :-( > > > > > > Tim. > > > > Thanks for the reply - I think you may have solved my problem. > Today I tried speedtouch v.1 with another PC I have around, this one with a Via >chipset instead of the old intel triton PIIX3. I figured this was a good chance at >proving or eliminating the usb theory since it's an OHCI chipset instead of UHCI. > > Night and day difference! I was able to download large files over ftp at 150KBs >without loss of connection. So I ran out to the store to get a USB adapter (been >searching w/o luck for old ng posts on which adapters are reliably supported by >Linux) Bought a SIIG 2port usb board since it was the only option there aside from >completely House-Brand models and the SIIG box stated full USB1.1 + PCI spec >compliance. This board uses the USB OHCI driver like my via mvp3 socket 7 board. > Put this board into my old p166 router and have downloaded over a gig at high speeds >without any interruptions. this must be a very important contributing factor to my >adsl problems if not the whole thing itself. Before the USB adapter this kind of >downloading would have derailed the connection 10 times already, probably many more >times coonsidering I've downloaded, in addition to every Mozilla binary build of >moz-v1.0rc1,. a 650 MB iso image and several 2.4.x kernel tarballs. Yesterday >downloading a mere 30MB rpm of the 2.4 kernel was out of the question - just too many >errors arising from too many restarts. > > Thanks for the news about USB chipset problems. I was on course to rip out the phone >wiring and put in an external dsl/pots splitter (ordered one it's en route guess I'll >install it for fun) after that I would have broken down and bought a dsl to ethernet >bridge from my ISP. That would have cost me more than money, but some pride too. > > thanks again, > ~/j. > > > Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB > Pour se désinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bennee.com/~alex/ Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se désinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe