Am trying to set up a friend's older laptop with wireless networking. It came with 2000 installed but someone at Circuit City talked her into buying XP upgrade and also a Netgear kit with router and adapter card. The upgrade did not work properly because of older hardware; she did not need...

Hi all, first of all, I really think, that this is a Win98 and not a WinXP problem. I had a fine working mini-network with the following configuration: INTERNET | Win98-PC --- (cable) --- ROUTER ··· (wireless) ··· WinXPhome-Notebook |

I was trying to reinstall Baldur's Gate after a MOD conflict when I accidentally clicked on Azureus and uninstalled it instead. I found that Azureus has now become Vuze and seems to no longer support Win9X. I like to sic my obsolete computer on doing things like running Bittorrent or burning CDs so...

i have to run following ping command for 9 ips. ping 192.168.1.1 -t ping 192.168.1.4 -t ping 192.168.1.7 -t ping 192.168.1.8 -t ping 192.168.1.15 -t ping 192.168.1.16 -t ping 192.168.1.37 -t ping 192.168.1.38 -t ping 192.168.1.49 -t

Anyone know how to share a drive in the Win98 "exit to DOS" mode so that it can be seen on the network? -- Wesley

I have a PC that is running 98SE and it is giving me issues connecting to our wireless network here at my place of business. We have maybe 25 other machines that are all running 98SE and our connected to the network fine. The PC I am having issues with can associate to the AP, but can not...

I have Windows 98SE and a router connected to cable modem. A laptop *XP Home( is also connected to the router. The router can see both computers and I access Internet on both without any problem. However I have a couple of problems and would like to solve the first: the Network icon on the...

If I specify an IP address in my ethernet protocol properties (Control Panel - Networking), Network Neighborhood can't even see the computer it is on (Network Neighborhood - Entire Network). It says the network is inaccessable. If I tell it to get an address automatically Network Neighborhood...

I have an XP PC and a 98 PC and I'm trying to see the 98 files on the XP machine. That is, I'm attempting to share the 98 files so I can access them from the XP machine. Both PCs are set up with a WORKGROUP workgroup and I shared the files on the 98 machine, but the WORKGROUP folder on the XP...

I have a network of 6 Win98 pcs. One of them, a central pc, provides a shared database and an email service (vpop3). I am replacing them with new WinXP pcs. They are all set up with share-level access control. My intention is to set up alongside an old PC a new one with the same capabilities so...

Small network of 10 pc's. Windows 98 peer to peer via router. Router also acts as internet gateway to broadband connection. One of the PC's has developed an interesting problem. No internet connection is available but there is still network availability. All internal I.P's are available and it is...

I have set up my desktop(Win 98SE) to network with my laptop (Win XP) and can transfer files okay via shared directory in the W98SE. Ping works okay. The W98SE has the IP 192.168.0.1, 255.255.255.0. The XP is assigned automatically by the W98SE IP address 192.168.0.2 Subnet mask...

I have a Desktop running 98 SE and Laptop running XP connected by a crossover cable I have used the XP networking set-up CD on both PCs with the result that I can see the 98 on the Desktop Network and can see the XP on the Laptop Network NO sign of either on their opposite PCs What do I have to...

I bought an Intel(R) PRO/100 LAN+Modem56 CardBus II (mbla3456) OEM, but I really need the CD. Any suggestions? Jim L -- Reporters complain that Guantanamo interrogators use psychological pressure on prisoners. Glad somebody's doing their job.

Hello All, I have a small home network. A d-link router with a XP pro box and a 98SE on hardwires, and a W2K machine via wireless. I am able to see, share, and change files between all 3 machines and all 3 can access the internet. I have a Lexmark 6150 shared from the XP box. (It is connected via...

Win98 can't access the internet, neighborhood OK. I have some kind of network problem which I don't understand The physical topography of the network is that the computer in question is ethernet wired to a simple hub which is ethernet wired to an Airlink router which is uplinked to a cable...

I struggled with this with another windows 98 machine last week, but in the end was able to get it worked out by installing the dsclient9x. This machine is a different story. When I try to install the dsclient9x it tells me that the version of the windows installer is too old and to install a...

Hello I'm trying to set up a Win98SE and XP Pro machine to talk to each other over TCP/IP so I can run a program I'm working on. However, I can't seem to get them working. I have set the XP Pro box up with a network connection, manual IP address 192.168.1.1, subnet 255.255.255.0. I set the Win98SE...

Greetings, Cable modem (Earthlink), Ethernet. Computer worked fine before move (different ISP) connected to Internet via cable modem. Stuck with the 169 IP address. 1. Tried renew/release IP info through winipcfg...get DHCP Server unavailable Renaming adapter. 2. Tried renew/release through...

have a 2 PC network PC 1 is Win XP Pc 2 is Win 98se Both PC's can access the internet via router. I can see the win 98se PC and access its files from the XP Pc BUT when I choose network places on the desktop of the 98se PC it does not show anything??