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Need a W98 desktop adatpor
I have a new XP Pro desktop, and an old one in a different room running
W98. I want to set up a wireles network, and bought a LinkSYS router WRT54G and USB adaptor WUSB54G on a salesman's recommendation, but found that the adaptor needs W98SE, so I will return it. I see that Netgear MA101 seems the least expensive adaptor, and specs say it's compatible with W98. Can anyone confirm that this will work before I place an online order ? Are there any special considerations due to components being from different manufacturers ? |
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Need a W98 desktop adatpor
Any external adapter (i.e. one which connects to your PC via an Ethernet
cable) should work fine. You will want to have an up to date copy of Internet Explorer though as most of these devices use a web interface to configure them. Paul DS. |
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Need a W98 desktop adatpor
Any external adapter (i.e. one which connects to your PC via an Ethernet
cable) should work fine. You will want to have an up to date copy of Internet Explorer though as most of these devices use a web interface to configure them. Paul DS. |
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Need a W98 desktop adapter
I don't understand your response. I am trying to make a wireless
connection from the Linksys router to the desktop running W98. There is no cable involved. Paul D.Smith wrote: Any external adapter (i.e. one which connects to your PC via an Ethernet cable) should work fine. You will want to have an up to date copy of Internet Explorer though as most of these devices use a web interface to configure them. Paul DS. |
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Need a W98 desktop adapter
I don't understand your response. I am trying to make a wireless
connection from the Linksys router to the desktop running W98. There is no cable involved. Paul D.Smith wrote: Any external adapter (i.e. one which connects to your PC via an Ethernet cable) should work fine. You will want to have an up to date copy of Internet Explorer though as most of these devices use a web interface to configure them. Paul DS. |
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Need a W98 desktop adapter
I have a similar setup. I have placed my Linksys WRT54GS near the win98
machine and ran a 1m cat5 cable from the router into the T10/100 ethernet card that I installed on the win98 computer. I have connected the WUSB54GS to the XP machine. Installed and ran within 15 minutes. Unless you realy can't have the router near your win98 machine, maybe this configuration would be the solution for you. hth Keith wrote in message oups.com... I don't understand your response. I am trying to make a wireless connection from the Linksys router to the desktop running W98. There is no cable involved. Paul D.Smith wrote: Any external adapter (i.e. one which connects to your PC via an Ethernet cable) should work fine. You will want to have an up to date copy of Internet Explorer though as most of these devices use a web interface to configure them. Paul DS. |
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Need a W98 desktop adapter
I have a similar setup. I have placed my Linksys WRT54GS near the win98
machine and ran a 1m cat5 cable from the router into the T10/100 ethernet card that I installed on the win98 computer. I have connected the WUSB54GS to the XP machine. Installed and ran within 15 minutes. Unless you realy can't have the router near your win98 machine, maybe this configuration would be the solution for you. hth Keith wrote in message oups.com... I don't understand your response. I am trying to make a wireless connection from the Linksys router to the desktop running W98. There is no cable involved. Paul D.Smith wrote: Any external adapter (i.e. one which connects to your PC via an Ethernet cable) should work fine. You will want to have an up to date copy of Internet Explorer though as most of these devices use a web interface to configure them. Paul DS. |
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Need a W98 desktop adapter
The ISP cable is wired into the room with the XP machine. The W98
machine is the other end of the house. My question was whether there is any reason to suspect that the NetGear UBS adapter that I was considering might not work. KC wrote: I have a similar setup. I have placed my Linksys WRT54GS near the win98 machine and ran a 1m cat5 cable from the router into the T10/100 ethernet card that I installed on the win98 computer. I have connected the WUSB54GS to the XP machine. Installed and ran within 15 minutes. Unless you realy can't have the router near your win98 machine, maybe this configuration would be the solution for you. hth Keith |
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Need a W98 desktop adapter
The ISP cable is wired into the room with the XP machine. The W98
machine is the other end of the house. My question was whether there is any reason to suspect that the NetGear UBS adapter that I was considering might not work. KC wrote: I have a similar setup. I have placed my Linksys WRT54GS near the win98 machine and ran a 1m cat5 cable from the router into the T10/100 ethernet card that I installed on the win98 computer. I have connected the WUSB54GS to the XP machine. Installed and ran within 15 minutes. Unless you realy can't have the router near your win98 machine, maybe this configuration would be the solution for you. hth Keith |
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