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DLink USB Hub + 10/100 Ethernet (modified 0 times) Dan- I haven't got the item in to see if I can take it apart and cram it somewhere from view. Anyone have any expierence with an item like this? It would give you 3 USB ports back and give you fast ethernet at the same time. It is both self-powered (via USB) or via AC-adaptor (included) -- therefore it wouldn't place any more strain on the tiny PS in the IOp. Anyone know if it's compatible with Linux? I just found this item, info @ http://www.dlink.com/../../products/usb/dsbh3etx/ 06-08-2000 14:50:31

RE:DLink USB Hub + 10/100 Ethernet (modified 0 times) Ahiru Sorry, I dont know anything about a linux setup, but if you are interested, these items worked for me on my v1 iopener running Win98: Belkin - USB 4-port hub, Model #: F5U014-OE iomega - USB Zip 100 drive, Model #:Z100USB D-Link - USB 10Base-T Ethernet Adapter, Standard IEEE 802.3, Model #: DSB-650 Hewlett Packard - USB/LPT1 DeskJet 895C color printer (USB is limited to 12megabits per second total shared throughput, this includes all of the other daisy chained devices combined) 06-08-2000 17:36:03

RE:DLink USB Hub + 10/100 Ethernet (modified 0 times) SnorkelMan There have been quite a few reports on this board of people having trouble with the D-Link box. I was never able to get it to work well under Win98/SE. The flaky problems I reported have been seen by at least a couple of other users. YMMV. I find the SMC adapter works really well. 06-09-2000 06:11:11

RE:DLink USB Hub + 10/100 Ethernet (modified 0 times) netbsd works well in netbsd-current 06-09-2000 07:21:45

RE:DLink USB Hub + 10/100 Ethernet (modified 0 times) Ahiru I have heard people talk about the D-Link as not working in their environment, but mine has been working an entire week 10 hours a day and has not hiccuped once. I have the USB version. Could the LPT port version be the misbehaving culprit? More than likley it is a driver issue. I used the driver that came with the device. Of course I am running Win98 so this is no help as he stated it was to be a Linux machine. I want to make my second machine a dual boot with Win98 and Red Hat Linux. So, I am interested in the outcome of this one. Good luck in your device/driver quest. 06-09-2000 10:44:31

RE:DLink USB Hub + 10/100 Ethernet (modified 0 times) Johnson Hi, I'm new to posting here, but I do have the D-Link USB 10/100 Ethernet Adapter (DSB-650TX). It works just fine with my DSL, but my system locks if I try to copy large amounts of information (is anyone else having this same problem?..or not having that problem with another brand of USB-ethernet devices) My question is this... has ANYONE gotten one of these usb-ethernet devices to work in linux? I'm trying to do it now and am SOOO frustrated!! I'm a linux newbie (I know that you have to program linux to use usb) but given that drivers will need to be added to linux to get this device working and that I will have to add code to my Redhat to get it to even recognize usb, can anyone walk this linux newbie through a how-to in installing usb support for linux? Thanks in advance! 06-10-2000 23:54:10

RE:DLink USB Hub + 10/100 Ethernet (modified 0 times) JonW Yes - it's very frustrating when you start moving any quantity of data and things lock up. I could always get as far as logging into my network and sometimes I could get the browser connected to a site. I had the lockup problems with a Belkin USB and Netgear USB. I finally stopped by Fry's and picked up the SMC and haven't had the problem since. I'm very into networking in my house - I run Netware, Linux and Windoze. I'm running Win98SE on the IO when these problems occured. Go to the SMC - they'll go away. 06-11-2000 20:28:36

RE:DLink USB Hub + 10/100 Ethernet (modified 0 times) jasper yea i've been having problems with my DLINK too. My problems come from when i plug both a usb mouse AND those usb speakers in while using the ethernet, none work :( even with external power.. I'll prolly give it one more round of trouble shooting then order up this one you guys are reccomending jasper 06-12-2000 06:21:24

RE:DLink USB Hub + 10/100 Ethernet (modified 0 times) wizeguy I have the d-link in my unit to (hsb-650tx), It fits very nice in the base of the I-opener. It seems that every 2-3 days when I boot the machine up, windows doesn't detect the network adapter. So I unplug the usb connection and plug it back in, it then sees it and I reboot to get my network connection. Sometimes it works great other times it doesn't. Dunno btw... win98se lite in chubby mode. Go chubby or go home. :) 06-12-2000 12:31:37

RE:DLink USB Hub + 10/100 Ethernet (modified 0 times) Ahiru Just a note: I had problems with my USB printer printing through the 4-port hub. It would occasionally only print the first 3 lines on a page. I solved it by using the 110VAC power wall wart that came with the 4-port hub. Some of the hubs sort of work with internal power, but I think it is safer to just bite the bullet and use the external power and select the external power switch on the device. It might be that the IO does not have enough electrons to push all of this stuff, eh? 06-12-2000 14:12:04

RE:DLink USB Hub + 10/100 Ethernet (modified 0 times) jasper hey all, on a whim i emailed dlink tech support detailing my problem which seems very similar to all of you, and this is what they replied, havnt tried it yet.. i am running a amd k6-2, is anyone else? "Verify that you are not sharing an IRQ with other devices. If the USB controllers are on the same IRQ with other devices, they mst be isolated. If you are running an AMD 350 or faster with VIA controllers, you will also need a patch from MS for the uhcd.sys" 06-15-2000 09:34:23

RE:DLink USB Hub + 10/100 Ethernet (modified 0 times) jasper yes i am an idiot, ignore what i said about amd (heh, gettin my mp3 players mixed up :P) 06-16-2000 21:09:50

RE:DLink USB Hub + 10/100 Ethernet (modified 0 times) Johnson Profile Ok, I have the D-Link USB 10/100 Ethernet Adapter (DSB-650TX). 1st. Whenever I boot into windows it tries to install another USB Root Hub and Universal Root Controller..why? 2nd. Is there a way to change the fact that the video driver and the usb/ethernet adapter share the same irq...and they seem to be unchangeable..unless ya'll know of a way 3rd. It freezes during large file or amounts of info transfers; could this be due to low voltage output of the usb..I think something that Ahiru said sparked an idea (is there some kind of USB voltage signal amplifier or regulator?) So as far as the large info transfers locking up the i-opener (it says a resource is no longer available in windows), I am trying to figure out if it's because of the drain or lack of voltage the usb is able to suply or if the irq sharing is confusing it...(sharing the irq resourse, trying to supply a solid support to the two most demanding resources through one irq) or if it's just the idea that the USB is running low on voltage for the USB-ethernet adapter and crapping out. Any ideas???? SECONDLY b0gh0s wrote "To get the USB working go to the /usr/src/linux-2.2.16 directory do a make menuconfig Select the Pegasus driver from the list (which seems to be the only driver not selected in this menu) exit exit and then save the config do a make dep modules modules_install bzlilo In about 4 hours when the thing finishes you will see errors but ignore them. Do an insmod pegasus to check that that module compiled OK. It should install and you will see the lights on yer SMC dongle go on. do a netconfig to config IP stuff and test the net connection You should now be connected! I think the boot problems lie in the detection of the processor type when you try to build on another machine. The usb support is already there no patches needed and just the compilation/linking of the pegasus module and insertion should start to work." ....will this work with the D-Link? and can someone write a really easy easy easy how to for this linx newbie?... I finally got Redhat 7 up and fully functional..and don't want to F##K something up. Whew..sorry for the long Post, but the mysterious freezing usb/ethernet device and usb-linux support are my biggest problems right now... Thanks for ANY help again, Johnson jackson_1@hotmail.com (sorry for anything that I miss posted above... if so) 12-25-2000 00:29:05

RE:DLink USB Hub + 10/100 Ethernet (modified 0 times) Johnson Profile I started to attempt to patch Redhat 7 to make the usb-ethernet work, but while trying to follow the first part... going to /usr/src/linux-2.2.16... I don't see it.. I get to /usr/src/ but 'redhat' is the only thing in that directory. Can anyone give a detailed tutorial in how they got the usb to work? Thanks 12-25-2000 03:29:26

RE:DLink USB Hub + 10/100 Ethernet (modified 0 times) mp3boombox Profile | Email Ok first things first. as for the USB/video sharing an IRQ, that is very bad. YES that will cause you to lock up on large files becuase chances are something is heating up. or at least thats what has happend to me in the past. I had a mother board that when i had the video share and IRQ with any thing the chipset got REALY HOT. Then caused a freez. but as for fixing the mixed IRQ. thats easy! clear your cmos and start your hard drive from scratch THIS WILL put all irq's at defalt but you MUST clear your cmos. the other way is ot go into the bios and SET certian devices to certian irq's but then you get stuff that wnats to link to other stuff and back and forth. Currently nothing is sharing an IRQ in my IO. 12-25-2000 11:11:54

RE:DLink USB Hub + 10/100 Ethernet (modified 0 times) Johnson Profile Ok... how do I clear the Cmos... I have a little program around called killcmos, but I've never tried using it... is there a "correct" way to do this... and does anyone know how to get usb-ethernet working in Redhat 7? 12-25-2000 18:55:49

RE:DLink USB Hub + 10/100 Ethernet (modified 0 times) mp3boombox Profile | Email as for hardware clearing the CMOS i have no idear waht to do to clear the chip, BUT using a DOS program to wipe the cmos works just fine. KILLCMOS should work just fine SO LONG as it works. i'd say try getting a bunch of CMOS programs for wiping the CMOS. if one works THEN your good to go. all your looking for realy is to reset the CMOS so it wont share irq's trying to trouble shoot around it is not worth the effert IMO. mainly because you cant remove the hardware or change the SLOT its in. plus the bios doesnt have the IRQ stearing that a reg bios has because it doesnt have expansion slots. 12-25-2000 21:04:44

RE:DLink USB Hub + 10/100 Ethernet (modified 0 times) Unit_1 Profile Hello All, First... I've been chasing this USB problem (as it relates to the I-O) for several months now. And while I don't have a complete solution, I do have a workaround at least as far as networking is concerned. I have personally setup and networked 5 I-O's (of various version numbers) and all exhipted the same behavior. The real problem: - USB data corruption. After considerable effort researching this issue, I am convinced that the root of all our USB problems lies in a little known bug in the VIA MVP4 USB chipset that is present in most if not all I-O motherboards. Data sent OUT of the USB port is occasionally corrupted without generating an error message. Received data however is handled correctly. The workaround solution: - use ONLY TCP/IP protocol. There are many protocols that can be used for networking and unfortunetly the easist to setup (IPX/SPX and Netbui) are also the ones without significant error detection and correction. Any large files UPLOADED from an I-O using these protocols WILL BE corrupted without generating an error. However, with TCP/IP the corrupt data packet will be detected and the packet resent untill the file is delivered fully intact. Unfortunetly this causes a noticeable decrease in throughput. --(Side note:) I believe many people are somewhat mistaken when they say that thier USB to Ethernet connection is working perfectly. It may just appear that way for 1 of 2 reason: 1) Since most I-O's are used as terminals to connect to the internet, data flows largely INTO the I-O not out, so the problem is not nearly as noticeable if at all because corruption only happens with OUTbound data. 2) If they had the TCP/IP protocol installed from the first moment they started using their I-O then they would more than likely not ever realize the problem exists because its automatically corrected. That is untill they try to use some other USB device like a USB stereo amp or a USB external drive!! The correct solution: - correct the chipset I have written to VIA several times in the last six weeks and have not received ANY response. NONE! I think they know they have a huge problem here and they don't want to admit it. If you're as fed up with this bug as I am, jump over to their site and let them know. Maybe if enough of us speak up they'll do somethinig about it. http://www.viatech.com/contact/techsupport.htm Please feel free to respond to my conclusions. I welcome all opinions. Regards, ~Unit_1 12-28-2000 02:44:53

RE:DLink USB Hub + 10/100 Ethernet (modified 0 times) starfish Profile Those Having USB->EtherNet Problems, & You haven't read this Thread, go back @ least one Post & read ! & for those that are aware ! Here's an Interesting Link on ways to deal with the Problem. http://www.usbman.com/Guides/VIA%20Tips%20and%20Tricks.htm#Top 01-30-2001 23:32:56

RE:DLink USB Hub + 10/100 Ethernet (modified 0 times) * StarFish * Profile Data-corruption bug hits VIA chipsets http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/18267.html The bug was uncovered by German hardware site Au-Ja! Not exactly the Same? Bug as Mentioned above. (Post by Unit_1, just above mine) But this German Site got a Response out of VIA ! If someone with Better communication skills than Myself, & ability to cope with German were to Contact Au-Ja! ( I have a hard enough time with English !) Maybe We could at Least get a better Understanding of this Problem ? With enough Attention to this Problem maybe a Patch could be Found ? 04-12-2001 11:11:01

RE:DLink USB Hub + 10/100 Ethernet (modified 0 times) Programmer Profile perhaps the problem is the same.. they claim that there were some people with USB problems that went away with these bios settings.. PCI Delay Transaction = 0 (off) PCI Master Read Caching = 0 (off) PCI Latency = 0 (values from 0 through 32 seem to be save, everything above that is not!) are these settings available on the IO?? if not, we can write a little assembly to force them.. 04-18-2001 08:37:50

RE:DLink USB Hub + 10/100 Ethernet (modified 0 times) Programmer Profile The values to set are on the NorthBridge, they are generic PCI settings; PCI Delay/Caching Bus0,Dev0,Offset70 = ???? ?00?b PCI Latency Bus0,Dev0,Offset0D = 00h This Program should work to set these values from dos.. http://www.bethie.net/~programmer/FixUSB.com let me know if it does or does not.. I rarely have the time to play.. :(.. 04-18-2001 09:20:22

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