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My amazon usb hub blocks the wifi whenever turned on... I should have returned it. Junk. They are such a mess. The amount of items that have changed the produc

My amazon usb hub blocks the wifi whenever turned on... I should have returned it. Junk. They are such a mess. The amount of items that have changed the product but kept the reviews, often from a phone case but now its a video projector pretending the 200 reviews belong to it. Not to mention one items page can have multiple sellers selling different varieties of the item.

stef25 8y ago
Mine is crap too. I thought it was the hard drive plugged in to it but it seems to lose contact to all peripherals attached to it. It's got 3x "usb charging ports" but doesn't seem to have enough juice to power those either. Shame, cause Amazon Basics really appeals to me.
saagarjha 8y ago
Just got a replacement on a hub that seemed to have a faulty power-switching “feature” that would cause any connected hard drives to lose power whenever my computer woke up from Power Nap. At least getting the replacement was easy…
baybal2 8y ago
Badly implemented USB 3 can jam your wifi easily. Check if rf shielding of usb lines is done properly.
- Phelinofist 8y ago
  I'm really curious - how so?
  - baybal2 8y ago
    Because its clock frequency comes close to WiFi, its signal being quite wideband, and, obviously, being much more stronger than the incoming signal.
  - sp332 8y ago
    2.4 GHZ wifi. https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/white-papers/usb3-frequency-interference-paper.pdf https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents... I wonder if thunderbolt 3 would cause a similar problem on 5 GHz just by doubling the signaling rate, but I haven't heard about any problems there.
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MichaelApproved 8y ago
One of the best things about Amazon Basics is the simplicity of their 1 year warranty. If you got it in the last 12 months, call Amazon and explain the problem to them. They'll likely send you a replacement and probably refund your money, if the issue continues.
- guipsp 8y ago
  This is the standard in Europe
wingworks 8y ago
Haha I had the same, returned it for a refund and ended up getting a much more expensive one from charjen, which actually works and doesn't block the WiFi. Seems a bit overpriced, but at least it works without fault now.

stef25 8y ago

Mine is crap too. I thought it was the hard drive plugged in to it but it seems to lose contact to all peripherals attached to it. It's got 3x "usb charging ports" but doesn't seem to have enough juice to power those either. Shame, cause Amazon Basics really appeals to me.

saagarjha 8y ago

Just got a replacement on a hub that seemed to have a faulty power-switching “feature” that would cause any connected hard drives to lose power whenever my computer woke up from Power Nap. At least getting the replacement was easy…

baybal2 8y ago

Badly implemented USB 3 can jam your wifi easily. Check if rf shielding of usb lines is done properly.

Phelinofist 8y ago
I'm really curious - how so?
- baybal2 8y ago
  Because its clock frequency comes close to WiFi, its signal being quite wideband, and, obviously, being much more stronger than the incoming signal.
- sp332 8y ago
  2.4 GHZ wifi. https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/white-papers/usb3-frequency-interference-paper.pdf https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents... I wonder if thunderbolt 3 would cause a similar problem on 5 GHz just by doubling the signaling rate, but I haven't heard about any problems there.
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MichaelApproved 8y ago

One of the best things about Amazon Basics is the simplicity of their 1 year warranty. If you got it in the last 12 months, call Amazon and explain the problem to them. They'll likely send you a replacement and probably refund your money, if the issue continues.

guipsp 8y ago
This is the standard in Europe

wingworks 8y ago

Haha I had the same, returned it for a refund and ended up getting a much more expensive one from charjen, which actually works and doesn't block the WiFi. Seems a bit overpriced, but at least it works without fault now.