lmhowe50(Mostly Harmless) posted this on Tuesday, 13th November 2012, 23:39
I am with Virgin and have a so called super hub The WIFI signal is very weak so IF have an ethernet cable for my computer This is fine but IT also have an android stick which is plugged into TV and can only work on WIFI so IF thought I would run an ethernet cable to an USB to ethernet adapter and plug the USB into the android stick by way of a 4 way USB hub Would this work I am on a budget so don`t have £50 to spend on boosters I want to stream Netflix so IF can watch it on my TV from my sofa
RE: ethernet to USB adapter
admars(Elite) posted this on Wednesday, 14th November 2012, 07:23
I`ve got one of those USB ethernet adapters, I got it cheap on eBay, it does work but is quite slow, I bought it for attaching to PCs where I didn`t have the network adapter driver, so could go online to download them, which it`s ok for.
a hub may make it even slower.
Would your android stick have drivers for the usb adapter?
On the Virgin forums and cableforums there ar emany ppl who moan about the super hub and its speed, some ppl seem happy, but a common suggestion is just to use it as a modem, and attach a "proper" router, which unfortunately is what you want to avoid :(
lmhowe50(Mostly Harmless) posted this on Wednesday, 14th November 2012, 16:30
I never thought about needing drivers for the USB adapter I saw 1 on ebay thought good idea better than spending £50 on a booster Will look into that Had moved super hub closer to android stick Signal went from poor to excellent but cabling was dangerous so had to move it back Virgin would come out to cut cable but would have to pay it not been nessasary work
