RJ45 Ethernet connection device
My husband has a really old laptop that I trying to make workable for him, (nothing more than that really). It's hard drive is only just over 6gb. It's so old that it doesn't have an ethernet socket. As a consequence I bought the said rj45 adapter, (He doesn't want to use my laptop as it is Win7 and he won't use anything more "complicated" than XP ha ha).The rj45 came with a disc containing it's drivers. I selected the XP set-up application and installed it sucessfully. Using our ethernet plug I managed to get online. It seemed to have configured itself, but I'm not so sure.It is an SR9600 USB to fast ethenet adapter. The driver is sr9usb.sys and it says connection type - Auto sense.Now I live in the mountains in Spain and can only get broadband by satellite and it is very slow, approx. 0.2 - 0.4mb, but it's enough to get by on. Now although I guessed that using an adapter would slow down the speed even further, this is ridiculous. Whilst updating Kaspersky it had been online for 33 minutes and had sent only 158 packets, (Don't know what that means but I know that it's not much), and received just 92.Is this right do you think Is it OK to just accept that it has configured itself? Or is there something else that I need to do?Thanks for any help.Jane1 person needs an answerI do too
November 16th, 2010 3:19pm

HiAvoid using the old laptop for downloads.Almost all of the Update files can be downloaded as a stand-alone files.Use the faster computer, and transfer the update File with a flash drive to the slow old laptop.Here is an example, http://www.majorgeeks.com/Kaspersky_Anti-Virus_Update_d4417.htmlThe site has similar updates to other security applications as well.--------------------------P.S. Win 7 will not install on 6GB.Jack-MVP Windows Networking. WWW.EZLAN.NET
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November 16th, 2010 7:15pm

HiThanks for your reply, however I don't seem to have explained myself properly. Whilst the length of time it takes to download the Kaspersky is obviously a problem, the question that I meant to ask is how can I improve the connection rate. The Kaspersky thing was just by way of an example.And I wouldn't dream of trying to install Windows 7. I have installed Wnidows XP.Many thanks
December 29th, 2010 6:52am

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