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Telus Wireless Hub - RJ45 Jacks Getting Powered Down
I've been on Telus Fibre for a couple of months now. I have the white wireless hub (the "trashcan") by my desktop computer, so I have my desktop plugged into one of the RJ45 jacks on the back of the ...
Kenny_yyc Wrote: What's super annoying is that the hub seems to put those jacks into a sleep mode and so it takes quite a while for my computer to reconnect to the internet.
Now I know that you have stated that during this upgrade to the "Trashcan Router" from a T3200M I'm only offering a suggestion that may help you with this issue. Consider having a look at this as perhaps a solution.
Preventing your NIC interface from going to sleep, even if your computer goes into sleep mode. The attached article from Microsoft outlines the actions that you may need to do to accomplish this task.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/exchange-team-blog/do-you-have-a-sleepy-nic/ba-p/590996
Cheers...
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Hi DrPacmn,
Appreciate the reply. Before I posted my query I had tried the various power down options available in Windows and on my NIC driver and they made no difference. As I mentioned, there was no problem with the T3200M so this power down mode is a new 'feature' of the new Wireless Hub.
