Good info, thanks! One problem is, I'm working through getting this
installed before there's actually anything to connect to, in advance of
ordering DSL. I've never seen this cause problems with a NIC installation
before, but there's always that first time. And, of course, there's the
handicap of working long-distance to support a system that I'm already
fairly certain has major issues.

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Gary S. Terhune
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http://grystmill.org/articles/cleanboot.htm
http://grystmill.org/articles/security.htm

"Brian A" gonefish'n@afarawaylake wrote in message
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Network properties NIC Adapter properties Advanced tab. You may want
to look at the link speed also and make sure it's not set for or trying to
use the Auto-negotiate 1000 Mbps. Also if it's set to Autodetect you may
want to set it for 100Mbps/Full Duplex to keep it from any attempt at the
higher speed.

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How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375



"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message
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This is a jumper or DIP switch on the card itself? Or something I have to
set in Safe Mode?

I'll take another look at Linksys KB with the below in mind.

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Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.org/articles/cleanboot.htm
http://grystmill.org/articles/security.htm

"98 Guy" wrote in message ...
"Gary S. Terhune" wrote:

Win98SE which has DUN and did have a NIC showing in Safe Mode
though it's not onboard and must have been removed some time
ago. Installed Linksys NIC (10/100/1000 Model EG1032, v3),

I've had startup problems with Win-98 and one particular brand of
gigabit NIC's (offhand don't remember the brand).

Problem was that I had set the NIC to 8k jumbo frame size - Win98
didn't like that. When changed to 4k, it booted and worked fine.