WUSB11 USB Cable Wiring

Does anyone know what the wiring pattern of the WUSB11's USB connecting
cable is?

I bought a pair of WUSB11 (v2.6) adapters at a garage sale. The seller
had lost the USB cables that came with it, but I figured it was no big
deal since I have spare USB cables at home.

It wasn't until I got home that I noticed that the WUSB11 expects a
Type A USB connector on its end instead of the usual Type B. I finally
found a store that sells a USB cable that has male Type A connectors on
both ends and bought one.

I downloaded the drivers from the Linksys site, installed them on the
intended Windows ME machine, then connected one of the WUSB11s with the
new cable. The machine was supposed to detect the adapter and add it
as a device, but it never did; the Power LED on the adapter lights up,
but the Link LED stays off. Tried the other WUSB11 with the same
result.

I double checked that the USB port I was using was working (mouse
plugged in works fine), then tried both adapters on a separate Windows
XP machine which didn't detect that I had plugged in a USB device
either. I figure either a) I bought a pair of bum adapters or b) the
USB cable that Linksys ships isn't a "standard" USB cable.

I took a continuity tester to my cable, and found that my USB cable has
like pins wired to each other (i.e. Pin 1 on one connector is wired to
Pin 1 on the other); I was careful to insulate the probe from the outer
shield.

Has anyone ever done anything similar with the USB cable that Linksys
ships? Does it have like pins connected together, or did they cross
some of the wires? (I tried asking Linksys technical support, but they
just want me to buy a new cable from Linksys sales.)

Thanks in advance!

Thomas

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> Does anyone know what the wiring pattern of the WUSB11's USB connecting
> cable is?
>
> I bought a pair of WUSB11 (v2.6) adapters at a garage sale. The seller
> had lost the USB cables that came with it, but I figured it was no big
> deal since I have spare USB cables at home.
>
> It wasn't until I got home that I noticed that the WUSB11 expects a
> Type A USB connector on its end instead of the usual Type B. I finally
> found a store that sells a USB cable that has male Type A connectors on
> both ends and bought one.
>
> I downloaded the drivers from the Linksys site, installed them on the
> intended Windows ME machine, then connected one of the WUSB11s with the
> new cable. The machine was supposed to detect the adapter and add it
> as a device, but it never did; the Power LED on the adapter lights up,
> but the Link LED stays off. Tried the other WUSB11 with the same
> result.
>
> I double checked that the USB port I was using was working (mouse
> plugged in works fine), then tried both adapters on a separate Windows
> XP machine which didn't detect that I had plugged in a USB device
> either. I figure either a) I bought a pair of bum adapters or b) the
> USB cable that Linksys ships isn't a "standard" USB cable.
>
> I took a continuity tester to my cable, and found that my USB cable has
> like pins wired to each other (i.e. Pin 1 on one connector is wired to
> Pin 1 on the other); I was careful to insulate the probe from the outer
> shield.
>
> Has anyone ever done anything similar with the USB cable that Linksys
> ships? Does it have like pins connected together, or did they cross
> some of the wires? (I tried asking Linksys technical support, but they
> just want me to buy a new cable from Linksys sales.)
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Thomas
As far as I know they should just be 1-1, 2-2, 3-3 and 4.4. Two of them are
signal lines, the other two are power lines.

David
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Hi, David:

Thanks for the reply. Do you have a WUSB11 cable that you could
confirm this with using a continuity tester? Does anyone?

Thanks.

David Goodenough wrote:
> (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know what the wiring pattern of the WUSB11's USB connecting
> > cable is?
> >
> > I bought a pair of WUSB11 (v2.6) adapters at a garage sale. The seller
> > had lost the USB cables that came with it, but I figured it was no big
> > deal since I have spare USB cables at home.
> >
> > It wasn't until I got home that I noticed that the WUSB11 expects a
> > Type A USB connector on its end instead of the usual Type B. I finally
> > found a store that sells a USB cable that has male Type A connectors on
> > both ends and bought one.
> >
> > I downloaded the drivers from the Linksys site, installed them on the
> > intended Windows ME machine, then connected one of the WUSB11s with the
> > new cable. The machine was supposed to detect the adapter and add it
> > as a device, but it never did; the Power LED on the adapter lights up,
> > but the Link LED stays off. Tried the other WUSB11 with the same
> > result.
> >
> > I double checked that the USB port I was using was working (mouse
> > plugged in works fine), then tried both adapters on a separate Windows
> > XP machine which didn't detect that I had plugged in a USB device
> > either. I figure either a) I bought a pair of bum adapters or b) the
> > USB cable that Linksys ships isn't a "standard" USB cable.
> >
> > I took a continuity tester to my cable, and found that my USB cable has
> > like pins wired to each other (i.e. Pin 1 on one connector is wired to
> > Pin 1 on the other); I was careful to insulate the probe from the outer
> > shield.
> >
> > Has anyone ever done anything similar with the USB cable that Linksys
> > ships? Does it have like pins connected together, or did they cross
> > some of the wires? (I tried asking Linksys technical support, but they
> > just want me to buy a new cable from Linksys sales.)
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> >
> > Thomas
> As far as I know they should just be 1-1, 2-2, 3-3 and 4.4. Two of them are
> signal lines, the other two are power lines.
>
> David
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Did you ever get your usb adapter to work? I have the same problem and
am wondering if I should just get a new adapter or order a cable from
linksys.


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