I'd use some USB extension cord so I can connect to the rear on motherboard port. That Edimax is also known to not have good range. Figure 20 foot line of sight.
As to figuring it out, you need to swap cards to nail it if resets of the router don't clear it up.
Bob
I had a "power failure" of sorts last night that may have damaged my Linux machine. I woke up the the chirping sound of the UPS that the DVR is plugged into. I was still a bit groggy and instinctively turned on the light. It came on, but was only about half as bright as usual. Seems there was SOME power coming in - enough to power light bulbs, but not enough to run anything with any substantial power draw.
Anyway, today my wired Linux machine is having sporadic success accessing the internet. I have a wireless router with 4 wired ports. My win7 "wired" machine is fine, as is my win7 laptop (wireless) and my wife's win7 laptop (also wireless). My smartphone can connect wirelessly. I plugged the cat5 from the Linux machine into my laptop and that works fine as a wired machine.
I have an EDIMAX wireless adapter and tried plugging it into the front USB port on the Linux machine. Same result. I can type in a URL and go there immediately, and hit refresh and it sits there "waiting for...". It may take 30 - 40 seconds to connect again, or it may not connect at all. I pinged several sites and get maybe 45% to 67% failure rate.
The ethernet jack is on the mobo. I thought about disabling the onboard card and buying a new card, but since even the wireless adapter doesn't work I'm wondering what's going on. Is it time to build another one? I'ts about 5 years old.
Thanks.

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