USB cable has to be unplugged and reinserted to restore internet connection

I have Clearwire and use thier modem. Sometime for no apparent reason the internet connection will stop working. This happens maybe twice a day. If I unplug the modems usb cable from the PC and reinsert it, the internet connection works again. I’m running windows xp.

What could be the solution to this strange problem?

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I have Clearwire and use thier modem. Sometime for no apparent reason the internet connection will stop working. This happens maybe twice a day. If I unplug the modems usb cable from the PC and reinsert it, the internet connection works again. I’m running windows xp.

What could be the solution to this strange problem?
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Your USB ports may be going to sleep to save power. Could be a bad modem, if its a laptop you might not have sufficent power to the port.

This post from some suave doper may help.