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<blockquote data-quote="MikeFromMesa" data-source="post: 1768613" data-attributes="member: 305741"><p>This particular hub was not powered. It might be worth testing a powered hub, just out of curiosity.</p><p></p><p>I tried 3 mice, two of which were wifi and one of which was bluetooth. They all exhibited similar problems and I made the (apparently mistaken) assumption that the source of all of the problems was the same and that if I could fix one, it would also fix the others. That is true of the wifi mice as they now all are working properly.</p><p></p><p>As to why I used the hub, the answer is simple. I had run out of usb ports on the Mini. </p><p></p><p>There are only 4 usb ports on the Mini and they were taken up by an external work disk (solid state drive used to expand the effective memory of the Mini), a Time Machine drive (I had this set up as a network drive but had problems with Time Machine corrupting the backup. I was advised to use a usb connect instead) and an external drive for the storage of my digital photos. Because I had only one more usb port I attached the hub for any extra drives, flash memory and the like that I needed to use from time to time. That is where I put the wifi transmitter, and that apparently was the core of the problem.</p><p></p><p>I have "re-wired" the Mini to use the usb hub as the central port for 2 of my drives, connected the Monitor upstream line to give me access to the usb hub on the Monitor and plan to put the wifi transmitter directly into the Mini instead of hanging at the end of an extension.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MikeFromMesa, post: 1768613, member: 305741"] This particular hub was not powered. It might be worth testing a powered hub, just out of curiosity. I tried 3 mice, two of which were wifi and one of which was bluetooth. They all exhibited similar problems and I made the (apparently mistaken) assumption that the source of all of the problems was the same and that if I could fix one, it would also fix the others. That is true of the wifi mice as they now all are working properly. As to why I used the hub, the answer is simple. I had run out of usb ports on the Mini. There are only 4 usb ports on the Mini and they were taken up by an external work disk (solid state drive used to expand the effective memory of the Mini), a Time Machine drive (I had this set up as a network drive but had problems with Time Machine corrupting the backup. I was advised to use a usb connect instead) and an external drive for the storage of my digital photos. Because I had only one more usb port I attached the hub for any extra drives, flash memory and the like that I needed to use from time to time. That is where I put the wifi transmitter, and that apparently was the core of the problem. I have "re-wired" the Mini to use the usb hub as the central port for 2 of my drives, connected the Monitor upstream line to give me access to the usb hub on the Monitor and plan to put the wifi transmitter directly into the Mini instead of hanging at the end of an extension. [/QUOTE]
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