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USB 4Port Hub won't work!

Started by huffy5595 , Feb 19 2006 09:53 PM

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Posted 19 February 2006 - 09:53 PM

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Have a 4Port USB hub I am trying to connect to my Dell Latitude C640 laptop. When I plug it in it searches for a Cayman 3300 Series USB network interface and can't find the driver apparently. It asks for the CD but there is no install CD, supposed to just be plug and play I thought. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
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Posted 19 February 2006 - 11:18 PM

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Hi huffy5595...

Apparently, you machine is seeing the hub as a DSL modem... :tazz:

Have you tried using the wizard's option to install it manually or select it from a list?

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Posted 19 February 2006 - 11:42 PM

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My laptop only has one USB port, so I have a USB connection for my DSL modem, and also my HP Printer. Am trying to leave them connected without having to keep removing the connectors back and forth. I think I found how to install the drivers I was having trouble with, but when I plug the DSL modem into the hub it shows disconnected on the network connections icon. When I unplug the hub and plug the DSL connector directly into the port when I click on connect it goes right in, but it won't work when I am plugged in using the port to put the DSL modem USB connector in.
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Posted 19 February 2006 - 11:49 PM

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Has your machine detected and installed the hub before you plug the DSL modem into it. It won't be a powered port until the machine installs it. This would explain the modem not connecting when connected to the hub.
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Posted 20 February 2006 - 12:12 AM

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Yes, it appears that the hub is identified and shows working properly, but when I plug in the DSL connector it tries to show it as a LAN connection and won't work
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Posted 20 February 2006 - 12:15 AM

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Sorry for the slow response, but when I unplugged the hub and DSL connectors, it somehow added another network connection and I couldn't get the regular DSL connection to connect again. Now I can't delete the extra Network connection thaqt was somehow set up!
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Posted 20 February 2006 - 12:30 AM

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What does the Device Manager show? Any yellow ! or ?
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