Installing Talktalk broadband modem. USB vs Ethernet

[Guest TJ]

If you're having trouble with USB broadband modem installation this

may help.

 

Talktalk sent me the HUAWEI SmartAX MT882 broadband modem - with both

USB and LAN/ Ethernet connections.

 

Previously I used a Sagem 800 USB modem through USB 1 at 2meg speeds

with no problems running on WIN ME.

 

I chose USB (as I had previously never loaded the LAN driver, having

no need for Ethernet before when I built the PC).

 

Download speeds showed 2.5-4 meg range. But literally everything IE6,

FIREFOX was haywire or totally unresponsive. And Windows crashed at

any time.

 

I unisntalled the modem driver - loaded the LAN driver from the mobo

CD, then went through loading the TALKTALK modem again - chose the

Ethernet option (which they recommeded it must be said) and night

turned to day. Instant top speed and stability.

 

If you are not buying an modem.router where Ethernet connections are

standard, demand a broadband modem with Ethernet option - especially

if you only have USB 1. You will free up a USB port - and the whole

PC !

 

If the LAN/Ethernet driver hasn't been loaded, load it from the

motherboard CD, then proceed to install the modem.

 

Using Ethernet is much faster (than USB 1), plus it frees up your

already low USB 1 bandwidth, which internet speeds >2meg will choke

totally, and the USB modem driver will screw up your whole machine.

 

TJ