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Adapters with WPA support for Win98 SE?I have an old laptop with Win98 SE which I want to setup for my father, primarily to surf the net/emails etc while he's living with us. I was able to set it up with a D-link DWL G630 wireless adapter. The only problem is it seems the adapter just supports WEP security which means I have to now switch my router back to use WEP security as well as switch to WEP on my other adapters. I was just wondering 1. if its possible to use the DWL G630 on Win98 SE with anything stronger than WEP 128 bit? 2. if not, which adapters provide say WPA with Win98 SE (I'm assuming here that Win98 SE itself does provide WPA support) 3. any other alternative configurations which will allow me to have better than WEP security on my wireless network? Thanks in advance, HT Hi
If the Laptop has USB you might be lucky with an 802.11g USB, it would work at low speed since the Laptop's USB is probably USB1.1 but it might support WPA. Jack (MVP-Networking). Show quoteHide quote "wet_undies" <hom.ta***@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1164233172.010762.46900@l39g2000cwd.googlegroups.com... > Hi > > I have an old laptop with Win98 SE which I want to setup for my father, > primarily to surf the net/emails etc while he's living with us. I was > able to set it up with a D-link DWL G630 wireless adapter. The only > problem is it seems the adapter just supports WEP security which means > I have to now switch my router back to use WEP security as well as > switch to WEP on my other adapters. > > I was just wondering > > 1. if its possible to use the DWL G630 on Win98 SE with anything > stronger than WEP 128 bit? > 2. if not, which adapters provide say WPA with Win98 SE (I'm assuming > here that Win98 SE itself does provide WPA support) > 3. any other alternative configurations which will allow me to have > better than WEP security on my wireless network? > > Thanks in advance, > HT > wet_undies <hom.ta***@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Check out if this particular card has driver support for Windows 98> > I have an old laptop with Win98 SE which I want to setup for my father, > primarily to surf the net/emails etc while he's living with us. I was > able to set it up with a D-link DWL G630 wireless adapter. The only > problem is it seems the adapter just supports WEP security which means > I have to now switch my router back to use WEP security as well as > switch to WEP on my other adapters. > > I was just wondering > > 1. if its possible to use the DWL G630 on Win98 SE with anything > stronger than WEP 128 bit? http://www.dlink.com/products/support.asp?pid=317&sec=0#drivers If so, you then need a supplicant that supports Windows 98. There are two that Eye know of. One is McAffees, you can find here http://www.wirelesssecuritycorp.com/wsc/public/WPAAssistant.do (It's free, so do some searching, they make you look for it). The other one is Buffalo's ClientManager2 (v2.1). Unfortunately, Buffalo has upgraded their client manager to ClientManager3 and that doesn't work with no-Buffalo adapters. The .zip file is 2.2 MB. > 2. if not, which adapters provide say WPA with Win98 SE (I'm assuming You will run into the same problem, no supplicant.> here that Win98 SE itself does provide WPA support) > 3. any other alternative configurations which will allow me to have Use a cable :-)> better than WEP security on my wireless network? wet_undies wrote:
Show quoteHide quote > Hi I used a 3Com Officeconnect PC card adapter with Win98SE on a 5 year old > > I have an old laptop with Win98 SE which I want to setup for my father, > primarily to surf the net/emails etc while he's living with us. I was > able to set it up with a D-link DWL G630 wireless adapter. The only > problem is it seems the adapter just supports WEP security which means > I have to now switch my router back to use WEP security as well as > switch to WEP on my other adapters. > > I was just wondering > > 1. if its possible to use the DWL G630 on Win98 SE with anything > stronger than WEP 128 bit? > 2. if not, which adapters provide say WPA with Win98 SE (I'm assuming > here that Win98 SE itself does provide WPA support) > 3. any other alternative configurations which will allow me to have > better than WEP security on my wireless network? > > Thanks in advance, > HT > Toshiba Satellite connnecting to a Linksys router with WPA. Worked well. Obviously you have to install the 3Com utility as Win98 has no equivalent of XP's Wireless Zero Config. Please verify this with 3Com support before spending any money. http://www.3com.com/products/en_US/detail.jsp?tab=features&pathtype=purchase&sku=3CRGPC10075 John Coode <faec***@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Show quoteHide quote > wet_undies wrote: Supplicants from other adapter manufacturers do sometimes work. There's> > > Hi > > > > I have an old laptop with Win98 SE which I want to setup for my father, > > primarily to surf the net/emails etc while he's living with us. I was > > able to set it up with a D-link DWL G630 wireless adapter. The only > > problem is it seems the adapter just supports WEP security which means > > I have to now switch my router back to use WEP security as well as > > switch to WEP on my other adapters. > > > > I was just wondering > > > > 1. if its possible to use the DWL G630 on Win98 SE with anything > > stronger than WEP 128 bit? > > 2. if not, which adapters provide say WPA with Win98 SE (I'm assuming > > here that Win98 SE itself does provide WPA support) > > 3. any other alternative configurations which will allow me to have > > better than WEP security on my wireless network? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > HT > > > I used a 3Com Officeconnect PC card adapter with Win98SE on a 5 year old > Toshiba Satellite connnecting to a Linksys router with WPA. Worked well. > Obviously you have to install the 3Com utility as Win98 has no > equivalent of XP's Wireless Zero Config. Please verify this with 3Com > support before spending any money. only one way to find out, download and try... 
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