On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 01:22:00PM +0000, MJ Ray wrote:
ISTR that mine crashed very easily if the USB power fluctuated. If you're going to use it off of a laptop or certain desktop systems, it probably best to connect it through a powered USB hub.
The speedtouch requires 500ma to function properly, and 500ma is the maximum amount that an on board usb hub provides (iirc) and usually 2 on board usb ports share a hub, so using the other port can cause problems. Also in relation to that, some motherboards steal 50ma of power from the usb bus to do other things, so you end up with a hub that will only provide 450ma of power.... Quite often your usb modem will work but just not very well.
In this situation i'd consider getting a single ethernet port adsl modem that can function as a pppoa to pppoe bridge, then plugging that into an ethernet card and terminating the pppoe on the server rather than fiddle with the usb.
Adam