windows 98 and wireless lan adapter

12 Nov 2007 3:38 AM

addy

I am running a laptop on win 98. I recently purchased a micronet wireless lan
usb adapter. I installed the software and this seems to be running ok, it
shows 60% strength and has accepte my network password etc. However when i
try o connect to the internet with internet explorer it always fails. I have
noticed that sometimes the status flicks between not associated and checking
evey few seconds but always comes back with a good signal. I also tried to
connect to the router to check the settings but it wo't even do this.

I would be so happy if someone could explin what I should do

--
kind regards

adhide

12 Nov 2007 4:38 PM

Jack (MVP-Networking).

Hi
If you cannot connect to the Router, it means that your interface shows the
presence of the signal but you do not have a real Network connection between
the computer and the Router.
Unfortunately, Win98 poses a logistic problem. Since Win98 does not have
Wireless management capabilities you must use the utility that comes with
the Wireless cards and these utilities are propriety designed by the Cardâ€™s
manufacturer so it is impossible to give a focused answer.
These pages are geared toward Win XP interface but you might be able to
extrapolate the principle and may be would find what is wrong.
Wireless Basic Configuration - http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Config.html
Wireless Security - http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Security.html
Jack (MVP-Networking).

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"addy" <a***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:969C571A-1431-45EB-B98D-3AF43CBB6A66@microsoft.com...
>I am running a laptop on win 98. I recently purchased a micronet wireless
>lan
> usb adapter. I installed the software and this seems to be running ok, it
> shows 60% strength and has accepte my network password etc. However when
> i
> try o connect to the internet with internet explorer it always fails. I
> have
> noticed that sometimes the status flicks between not associated and
> checking
> evey few seconds but always comes back with a good signal. I also tried
> to
> connect to the router to check the settings but it wo't even do this.
>
> I would be so happy if someone could explin what I should do
> --
> kind regards
>
> adhide