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WiFi PDMCIA Adapter for Win 98
I have Win 98 installed on my old laptop. I installed a
new wireless LanReady PCMCIA WiFi 802.11b 2.4G card on my machine. It came with RealTek 8101 software and drivers. The card shows on the systray, but there is a yellow exclamation on the device in the device manager. the error code is code 2 and says "ndis.vxd and ntkern.vxd cannot open the driver"...or something to that effect. I have tried a couple of different drivers, I have removed all of the other network adapters and then reinstalled it. Nothing is getting rid of this error, and hence the card isn't working. Is it possible to use a WiFi card on win 98...if so, how do I get this working. (By the way, the wireless network/router is runing fine and the card works fine on my wife's newer laptop running win 2000.) |
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WiFi PDMCIA Adapter for Win 98
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wrote: I have Win 98 installed on my old laptop. I installed a new wireless LanReady PCMCIA WiFi 802.11b 2.4G card on my machine. It came with RealTek 8101 software and drivers. The card shows on the systray, but there is a yellow exclamation on the device in the device manager. the error code is code 2 and says "ndis.vxd and ntkern.vxd cannot open the driver"...or something to that effect. I have tried a couple of different drivers, I have removed all of the other network adapters and then reinstalled it. Nothing is getting rid of this error, and hence the card isn't working. Is it possible to use a WiFi card on win 98...if so, how do I get this working. (By the way, the wireless network/router is runing fine and the card works fine on my wife's newer laptop running win 2000.) Does the documentation for the WiFi card say that it works with Windows 98? Most cards require at least Windows 98 Second Edition. I've used these cards on original Windows 98: USB: Netgear MA101 Cardbus: Netgear MA401, Microsoft MN-520, SMC2635W The SMC2635W installation program says that the card won't work, but it installed and worked successfully in my tests. According to their web pages, these cards should work on original Windows 98, too: USB: Netgear MA111 Cardbus: Orinoco Classic Gold PC Card PCI: Netgear MA311, Orinoco 11b -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - Windows Networking http://mvp.support.microsoft.com Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm |
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WiFi PDMCIA Adapter for Win 98
-----Original Message----- In article 2044101c4593d$849b3da0 , "dph" wrote: I have Win 98 installed on my old laptop. I installed a new wireless LanReady PCMCIA WiFi 802.11b 2.4G card on my machine. It came with RealTek 8101 software and drivers. The card shows on the systray, but there is a yellow exclamation on the device in the device manager. the error code is code 2 and says "ndis.vxd and ntkern.vxd cannot open the driver"...or something to that effect. I have tried a couple of different drivers, I have removed all of the other network adapters and then reinstalled it. Nothing is getting rid of this error, and hence the card isn't working. Is it possible to use a WiFi card on win 98...if so, how do I get this working. (By the way, the wireless network/router is runing fine and the card works fine on my wife's newer laptop running win 2000.) Does the documentation for the WiFi card say that it works with Windows 98? Most cards require at least Windows 98 Second Edition. I've used these cards on original Windows 98: USB: Netgear MA101 Cardbus: Netgear MA401, Microsoft MN-520, SMC2635W The SMC2635W installation program says that the card won't work, but it installed and worked successfully in my tests. According to their web pages, these cards should work on original Windows 98, too: USB: Netgear MA111 Cardbus: Orinoco Classic Gold PC Card PCI: Netgear MA311, Orinoco 11b -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - Windows Networking http://mvp.support.microsoft.com Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm . Thanks, Steve. Yes, it does say Win 98SE...my mistake. Luckily I only paid $13 for the card... and it does work on my wife's laptop. I'll investigate the cards you mentioned. One other question...is it worth upgrading to Win 98 SE? It's a really old laptop, and I am wondering if it is worth it. thanks, David |
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