Adapters USB, USB Flash ram conflicts in Windows 7 & Vista

This has been driving me crazy for a long time.  I have a multimedia production studio in which there are 5 computers with additional computers in both offices and in the media center of our home theater.  Two of these computers are Win 7, three are (2 x 32, 1 x 64) Vista and three XP.   The entire network wireless is 2.4 GHz, 802.11 g (because all individual cards are 802.11 g).  In ALL computers Windows 7 and Vista, the pluging and unpluging the a USB Flash drive kills the network (even if I remove the Flash memory).  What's worse, is that Windows still offers me the possibility to connect to an available network, but my network SSID is not on the list (although I get a good enough signal the next guy!).  Not until I am re-booting I get my service network in return.  In the 8 years that I have been using wireless networks that I've never had a same problem with XP.  The superstitious behaviors are things interesting scholars.  For awhile, I had myself convinced that this has happened when I insert an unrecognized device (one Vista or Win 7 has no need to install a driver for).  But several events during the days couiple have completely falsified that theory.  Now, I have to classify the problem as intermittent with a very high frequency of occurrence.

I'm sure that there are there others out there with Win 7 or Vista machines using USB WiFi adapters.  Happen it to someone else when they plug/unplug a USB?  If you have done and solved the problem, what was the solution?

Thsnks in advance,

John

First of all, this only happens in Windows 7 and Vista.  It's never happened to me with any XP machine on all Linksys wireless networks or otherwise.  In addition, there is no software Linksys on my Win 7 or Vista machines, I use the drivers Win 7 automatically installs the reader SCM OE Belkin USB network cards (for some reason, Linksys USB network cards are not too compatible with Linksys routers if you use the Linksys utility for control adapters.)  Using Windows network control works, but it's a PITA to join Linksys conceed control).

Since none of the computers that have the problem (all of my Vista and Win 7 computers) have Linksys USB adapters, this I'SNT obviously a problem with Linksys.  I contact Belkin (since it's their USB adapters that I use on most of my systems).  After over 2 hours with their Indian tech support guy, we tested about 6 assumptions about what is at the origin of the problem.  I have conceeeded right away that this was not a Belkin problem (because the SCM systems do also).  In addition, the USB adapters work properly because even if I dropped my network, I have still 3 bars on the neighbouring network it must have been a morning slow Belkin technical support because the tech guy has taken the time to help me solve the problem we both concluded was not Belkin.

My best guess is that other people who have reported this problem have not had the opportunity to observe wgile control as many variables I have at my disposal.  I have 8 systems using all three operating systems (9 If you count my Vista laptop, which do not exhibit the problem with its internal adapter).  All eight desktop computers use wirelexs adapters.  Six are Belkin, 1 is the MSC and other (on a XP machine where it runs under the control of Microsoft network) Linksys.  All adaprters are 802. 11B.  All except two of the systems built entirely by me (the other two are shuttle boxes).  All systems have different motherboards.  Two ASUS, Gigabyte 2, DFI 2 shuttle 2 and no two mothers from the same manufacturer and of the same model.  In 6 problem machines (2 XP machines have not never exhibited the problem) 2 are Core-i7, one is Core-2-duo, 1 is Core-2-Quad, 1 is AMD Phenom II x 4, and an AMD Athlon 64 x 2.  Given that all of these combinations are the problem it's so little likely because any kind of power on the peripheral USB being disconnected ports fluctuation, or any other failure of implementation of material 'USB '.

So my best guess is that most, if not all, people who have already reported this problem, has just developed a theory based on superstition.  I can't get the XP machines to expose the problem definitely seems to point to an interaction between the USB controllers and the grain of the Vista and Win 7 OSes.  If I had to guess, I would pinpoint the problem on the part of the code that handles requests for interruption of state change on the USB connectors.  (Trying to sell this one for Microsoft).  In any case, it's my best theory and I was not able to overturn (falsify) it no matter what I tried.

Now, back to me and Belkin tech guy trying to debug.  I really have to thank the guys from Belkin, because I don't know how long it would have taken me to get to the workaround in the end, he suggested.

If you are reading this and have a WRT400N (and I think, model Linksys wireless router probably all end) this is workaround re-initialization to revisit the network connection is not required.  Apparently when you run the start of Linksys software an additional network with the SSID of the INSTALLATION is also created.  This network CONFIGURATION has no internet connection, so I guess it's there for debugging purposes.  Anyway, you can however connect.   So, as I mentioned earlier, even if you don't see your own network in the SSID list after it is clobered, we can still see at any other SSID in the scope of your card, and that includes obviously the network CONFIGURATION.  Connect to the network CONFIGURATION.  This will allow you to see the SSID of your network in the list as seen in the network CONFIGURATION "list SSID.  You can then try to reconnect to your network.  About 25% of the time, it will allow you to connect without doing something more.  The other 75% of the time you will not be recognized by your own network.  At this point if you are trying to connect to any secure SSID you see in the list, and then cancel when asked to connect the credentials, you can 'reset' uour adapter.   Apparently, this resets your auto-login (password) so that if you now try to connect to the SSID of your network it wil work.  Yet once again, I don't know that I would have worked this until now, if I didn't have the Belkin guys on the phone, suggesting things for me.

So even if the workaround is a hack, it's much less destructive that force a re-boot.  Also, I believe that it is a final bug in the nuclei of Vista and Win 7.

John

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