WUSB600N odd malfunction & Linksys is AWOL

[spidertex]

Hi I bought dec 2009 2 WUSB600N USB NICs....
Installed one on Ubuntu, didn't work. One on XP Pro, works great...
BUT, after a cold reboot (and I mean very cold reboot, PC needs to be off for at least 4 hours) the NIC isn't recognised as such by Windows. It pops up as an "unknown USB device" in the device manager, without an error or a rant.

Odd thing, when the PC is shutdown, and you unplug replug the NIC, it IS correctly recognised on boot?!?!?!?

I did the things you are supposed to do (I guess) see lengthy thread on Linksys forum http://forums.linksysbycisco.com/linksys/board/message?board.id=Wireless_Adapters&thread.id=25085
I tried their support agent, "install the latest drivers" [duh] he didn't even read my message. I tried to mail Linksys twice, nothing... But they DID had time to sensor away a rant I left on the forum....

Can someone help me to explain the WUSB issue? Or help me getting attention from Linksys? Or I can go RMA, but since the NICs were bought via a webshop, the transport costs will be lost...

Any idea appreciated...

 

[Guest]

You have presumably checked the USB ports with other USB devices and they don't exhibit similar symptoms ?

On the Ubuntu issue have you searched for a generic driver for the wireless adapter's chipset -- the Linux community have documented the chipsets used in many popular wireless devices.

 

[spidertex]

You have presumably checked the USB ports with other USB devices and they don't exhibit similar symptoms ?

On the Ubuntu issue have you searched for a generic driver for the wireless adapter's chipset -- the Linux community have documented the chipsets used in many popular wireless devices.

USB ports, tried all of them, even other PC, other USB devices work normally!

Ubuntu, did a make/install etc... but that is not the urgent problem (it was never advertised as being Ubuntu compatible, hence XP it was!!)