From: TJ@noneofyour.business   
      
   On 02/20/2013 10:30 PM, Moe Trin wrote:   
   > On Wed, 20 Feb 2013, in the Usenet newsgroup alt.os.linux.mandriva, in   
   article   
   > , TJ wrote:   
   >   
   >> Ran into a vaguely similar last-straw problem today with my wireless   
   >> dongle. It seems that Realtek's driver module, built for an earlier   
   >> kernel, the only module I've used that makes the dongle work anywhere   
   >> near right with Mageia 2,   
   >   
   > Have you had any other module work with other distributions?   
   >   
   I haven't tried a distro other than Mageia since Mageia came out.   
   Haven't wanted to.   
      
   >> has an unfortunate side effect. Using it draws my USB bus speed down   
   >> to a crawl. If I boot without the dongle plugged in, so the module   
   >> isn't loaded, files will transfer from my external hard drive at a   
   >> reasonable 32MB/sec. But, if the dongle is plugged in so the module   
   >> is activated, the rate slips to a slovenly 1MB/sec.   
   >   
   > That's a ``requirement'' of USB.  Essentially, USB might be able to   
   > scream at 5 GB/sec (USB 3.0), but the entire link works at the speed   
   > of the slowest peripheral.   
   >   
      
   Didn't know that. My cordless keyboard/optical mice (also USB) must be   
   faster than I thought. Never noticed any slowdown when using either set.   
      
   >> This is indeed the last straw. I hate to give up on something that   
   >> *ought* to work, but there comes a time when losses must be cut. I   
   >> don't pay me enough to deal with this crap.   
   >   
   > You might complain to the boss/owner, but I understand he's equally   
   > a stick-in-the-mud.   
   >   
   Oh, you've met him?   
      
   >> Right now the computer is within cable range of the router, so I   
   >> don't really need a wireless connection for it.   
   >   
   > Never a problem here - I actually updated the file-server NICs and the   
   > Ethernet switches to 1000BaseT (rest of the systems are 100BaseT), so   
   > local transfers are relatively quick.   I have a wireless capability,   
   > but only the two laptops have wireless interfaces, and when used at   
   > home, they use the 100MB wired network because it's faster.  Of course,   
   > connections to/from the world are slower, and even switched 10BaseT is   
   > faster than that most of the time.   
   >   
   >> But for the time when I do, it's time to start looking for a PCI card,   
   >> like I should have done in the first place.   
   >   
   > One of the things I managed to get done in the days before we moved in   
   > to this place is install plastic (Sched-40) pipe in the walls, so now   
   > I can fish in fiber if I wanted to (right now, each has two or four   
   > 4-pair cables) to each room.  Would be easier if I had a cellar, but   
   > the modern way seems to be concrete slabs (which is helpful given the   
   > weight of the book-cases).   
   >   
   >   
   This house is over 100 years old. Two stories of lathe and plaster   
   walls. Trust me when I say that, even with a cellar, it's easier to work   
   with a PCI card than it is to put pipes and wiring in the walls.   
      
   The Dell has one PCI-E slot and two PCI slots, all empty at the moment.   
   I should be able to find something that would work.   
      
   TJ   
      
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