From: sqwertzme@gmail.invalid   
      
   Both a NetGear 6120 and two TPlink A600 (T2U+) have died after I   
   connect them to USB extension cords.   
      
   The 6120 died within 6 hours afedtr I used it for a day without the   
   entension cords.  It kept disconnecting from W10 and needed adapter   
   resets.   
      
   The TPlinks lasted almost a week, then started crapping out the same   
   way.   
      
   The extension cords are 6 foot + 12 foot, stapled across windowsills   
   and floorboards with a "U" staple gun and lead out of the man cave   
   into the the loft and provide 2X the speeds of just plugging them   
   into the USB ports on the mini-tower case.   
      
   When the adapters start to fail on the extension cords, they now no   
   longer work plugged into the case either.  Well, they do, but keep   
   disconnecting just like they do on teh extensions. 3 of them never   
   started disconnecting UNTIL I used them in the extension cords. Then   
   they don't work on either he extension or the case ports.   
      
   I've blown up 2 TPLink T2U+ and possibly a Netgear 6120 (but the   
   6120 has terrible reviews saying the same problem).  The only thing   
   that has survived the extension cords are the NetGear 6100's (one I   
   blew up myself , the other has persevered).  The T2U+ and   
   Netgear 6120 all generated a bunch of heat at the farthest point   
   female connector.  It didn't matter which female connector it was -   
   the 6-footer or the 12 footer. But the 6100 generate no heat there   
   and work fine.   
      
   I really liked the Netgear 6120 for the 24 hours or so that it   
   worked - I got 240Mbps (190 without the extension cords) which is   
   what I get right next to router. Otherwise I get 110-120 with the   
   Netgear 6100's and T2U+ and extension cords, and 60 while plugged   
   into the case.   
      
   Three USB thumb drives work on the extension cords, one of them   
   shows a drive is connected in Windows 10, but when you look at the   
   drive in Explorer, says "No device connected" (but it assigned it a   
   drive letter in W10).   
      
   Yeah, the cables are old 2.0 and spent 6-10 years as part of "The   
   Ball" (that big box of cables that when you pick one, you pick 30-40   
   pounds worth of cables, that all started with 2 8-foot cheap speaker   
   cords 40 years ago).  But they both work independently but not   
   connected together in either order.  They're sehileded and there no   
   length issue according to specs(?)   
      
   So WTF?   
      
   -sw   
      
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