Newbie in need of some pointers

I have a desktop running windows 2000 pro. and a belkin wireless
modem/router.
There are 2 ways in which I can connect this desktop machine to the
Belkin, with usb cable or with a network cable.
If it's connected through the usb cable, everything is fine.
If it's connected through the network cable, "surfing" the net is fine,
downloading mail is fine but if I try sending a large(ish) file as
attachement, the computer freezes.

Any ideas as I am out of usb sockets and I keep having to swap the lead
between the modem/router and the printer !

TIA

On Wed, 05 Jul 2006 17:49:34 +0100, Bernard <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I have a desktop running windows 2000 pro. and a belkin wireless
>modem/router.
>There are 2 ways in which I can connect this desktop machine to the
>Belkin, with usb cable or with a network cable.
>If it's connected through the usb cable, everything is fine.
>If it's connected through the network cable, "surfing" the net is fine,
>downloading mail is fine but if I try sending a large(ish) file as
>attachement, the computer freezes.
>
>Any ideas as I am out of usb sockets and I keep having to swap the lead
>between the modem/router and the printer !
>
>TIA
Easy answer would be to go out and get a small USB hub that has say 4
ports on it. That way you have room for your printer, router and
whatever else comes along.

Voir à la fin du message suivant, envoyé par f/fgeorge le 05/07/2006
19:48, pour ma réponse.
> On Wed, 05 Jul 2006 17:49:34 +0100, Bernard <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> I have a desktop running windows 2000 pro. and a belkin wireless
>> modem/router.
>> There are 2 ways in which I can connect this desktop machine to the
>> Belkin, with usb cable or with a network cable.
>> If it's connected through the usb cable, everything is fine.
>> If it's connected through the network cable, "surfing" the net is fine,
>> downloading mail is fine but if I try sending a large(ish) file as
>> attachement, the computer freezes.
>>
>> Any ideas as I am out of usb sockets and I keep having to swap the lead
>> between the modem/router and the printer !
>>
>> TIA
> Easy answer would be to go out and get a small USB hub that has say 4
> ports on it. That way you have room for your printer, router and
> whatever else comes along.
>
True but it would be to easy ;-) No, seriously, although I will more
than likely do that in any case, I'm still intrigued as to why the
emailing of something like a 1Mb file causes the "freeze", while
watching streaming videos works fine. Actually I might need to look into
the email client's settings itself ?