WIN XP & BT USB VOYAGER

[TheFallenAngel]

The problem is that I have been running this for a long time and it works fine apart from one thing.

The connection crashes sometimes and I cant close it in the system tray and only reason to get it back on net again is to restart machine.
The machine also wont shutdown when this happens.
Is there any registry key or anything I can change that would ignore this and just restart?
Hate having to reset my pc twice a day not good for hardware.

Anyone got any ideas??

cheers

[latency]

Get a router.

No, really, throw the voyager out and get a router.

Even if it's only a little 1 port one.

You _need_ a router.

[Cable Monkey]

What make is your USB controller. If it is the VIA flavour, there is an issue using USB modems with these (freezing/crashing).

[[M]uuhh]

Originally Posted by L4T3NCY

Get a router.

No, really, throw the voyager out and get a router.

Even if it's only a little 1 port one.

You _need_ a router.

if all you need is a modem, why do you need a router? those via modems are a bit crap. the best usb modem are the Fujitsu i have used one before and it was faster than my router i use now.

[TheFallenAngel]

Well the board is intel chipset so bets are the usb controller is intel!

Don't really wanna go down the router *ahem* route at the moment but if there was a way to just get windows to restart that would be ok. Even though the freezing does **** me off.
It also has done it on various machines I have used that use Via chipsets, AMD Chipsets, Intel and Nvidia chipsets.

Been tryin to persuade parents to move to Telewest but negotiations don't seem to be going very well so I guess im stuck with it.

[latency]

Originally Posted by [M]uuhh

if all you need is a modem, why do you need a router? those via modems are a bit crap. the best usb modem are the Fujitsu i have used one before and it was faster than my router i use now.

the glory of routers (even for one machine) is that you have a single unit managing the conenction, so once it's running, you just forget about it.

Then you get true allways-on, no computer overhead, easy expansion, the list goes on.

[dangerous_dom]

Originally Posted by TheFallenAngel

Anyone got any ideas??

Yes, the BT USB Voyager is well know as being a stinky pile of pants. On top of that, you don't want a USB modem if you are gaming as USB ports are processor dependant. i.e if your CPU is working flat out to run the game you port will slow down. I used to 1000+ pings in some games.

As other have said, routers are the way forward for many reasons.

[stdPikachu]

Originally Posted by L4T3NCY

the glory of routers (even for one machine) is that you have a single unit managing the conenction, so once it's running, you just forget about it.

Then you get true allways-on, no computer overhead, easy expansion, the list goes on.

Don't forget the glory of NAT either!

Get a router. That modem is pants, and even a dirt cheap router will outperform it.

[latency]

my bad- the nat! AND THE NAT!!!!

I'm reminded of when me and my mate were re-formatting his box last summer, he's got one of these modems, and we went online to download some firewall software and AV, and he got a virus off the internet in the space of time it too to get some software to prevent it

I'd forgotten that sort of thing happens after being used to a router...