I had the gamepad, and the modem running through an unpowered USB hub (along with a couple of other things). And so it was just that there wasnt enough power I think.
Good intuition; are you connecting to your modem via USB as well?
The USB ports in your computer can only provide 500 mAmps of current to all/any connected devices.
Powered USB hubs not only allow you to connect more USB devices, but also acts as bosters to provide more current to connected devices
. Unpowered hubs, on the other hand, only allow you to connect more devices; they do not supply/provide the extra current that might be needed to "drive" those devices.
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