A while back, I was using a relatively old USB wireless adapter (on Linux) and that specific adapter was kind of spotty -- meaning, my connection would go out (pages would not load) when using it for an arbitrary amount of time. The only way to recover from this was to unplug the adapter and plug it back in or simply disconnect/reconnect. This was the Linksys WUSB300N Wireless-N USB Network Adapter.
Now my roommate has a similar issue with a different USB adapter (Rosewill RNX-G1). His USB adapter is showing the same symptoms as mine did. He is using Windows 7.
My question is, is this common for USB adapters? If so, what about them makes connections get dropped?
*Side note: When the connection goes out, Windows still sees the devices as connected to the Internet. Same with Linux.
Now my roommate has a similar issue with a different USB adapter (Rosewill RNX-G1). His USB adapter is showing the same symptoms as mine did. He is using Windows 7.
My question is, is this common for USB adapters? If so, what about them makes connections get dropped?
*Side note: When the connection goes out, Windows still sees the devices as connected to the Internet. Same with Linux.