Solved: Vista won't recognize USB devices that are not connected to the back of the P

[yonyz]

Hi,

I've just moved to Vista, and for some reason, it won't recognize my
Wireless Network USB adapter, unless I connect it through the back of my PC.

What's wrong?
Why do the USB ports that are in the front don't work?

--Edit--

I'm sorry, I guess this should be moved to the Vista forum.

 

[cwwozniak]

Did you get a new computer that runs Vista or did you upgrade your computer with the GIGABYTE GA-P35C-DS3R motherboard from XP to Vista?

If you did an upgrade, did the Wireless adapter work OK on the front ports with XP?

If you did an upgrade, did you have the computer open for any reason and could have bumped a connector loose?

Do the front ports work with any other kind of USB device, like a USB Flash drive?

 

[yonyz]

I was using XP with this computer for about six months,
with the same USB port and Wireless Network USB adapter, and it worked fine.

I didn't do an Upgrade - I just formatted using the Vista DVD and did a clean install.

The front ports do work with other USB devices, like my iAudio F2 MP3 player.

 

[cwwozniak]

The only other thing I can think of was a warning that came with the one page (and 10 different language) documentation for a USB WiFI adapter I added to our desktop PC a few months ago. It said something about directly connecting to only one of the back ports because the front ports on some computers appear as USB hubs and the adapter might not be found by Windows.

I am not at all familiar with how Windows XP or Vista detect USB devices but would not be surprised if the USB hardware drivers worked differently for XP and Vista.

 

[yonyz]

Well, I really don't mind keeping it in the back of the computer,
but for some reason it's software says that no wireless card is connected,
but Windows do find Networks through it's built-it Network and Sharing Center (or whatever it's name is).

How can I move the control to the software that came bundled with the card?
It worked fine on XP.

Also, Vista shows 4 bars out of 5 for the connectivity strength, and yet it says
that it is connected to the network I selected, but with no internet access.

I configures the ip, subnet mask, DNS and anything else correctly.

However, there's no "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)" option in the network connection properties.
Only something with V4 and V6, and I'm afraid that's the reason why there's no internet access.

Any suggestions?

 

[yonyz]

Vista says "Limited Connectivity".

 

[~Candy~]

Does the V4 setting show a manual IP address?

 

[yonyz]

Yes, it does.
The problem is already solved.
Please read here:
http://forums.techguy.org/networking/754760-solved-limited-connectivity.html

Thank you.

 

[~Candy~]

Please do not post duplicate threads in the future.