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Alright, I'm not very good with this networking thing so I hope someone can
help me out. I had a Win98SE computer with a Verizon Westell 2200 dsl box and mircosoft wireless G router hardwired (I believe) to it. I had purchased a computer with Win XP and a Linksys wireless G adapter so I could hook up to the internet on that computer via the router. Everything was going fine until I had to disconnect the Win98se computer for reasons i don't need to get into here. I then hooked up the dsl box and the wireless router to my WinXP so my children could still play their x-box live as the Win98se was just sitting in my room not hooked up. I went to hook it up today but I saw that my wireless G adapter is only compatible with Winxp or 2000. I have a wireless B adapter which I thought I could hook up so I can access the internet but when I try to hook up the new hardware, it tells me that I don't have the drivers for this particular piece of hardware. It came with a CD and I thought the drivers are suppose to install from the CD but nothing happens when I put it in the CD-rom. My question is: Can I use a Wireless B adapter with the microsoft wireless 802.11g router? If so, how do I get the drivers it needs to set it up? I hope someone understands all this and can help me out. Thanx Patty |
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Yes, a B adapter should work with the G router unless you disabled the mixed
mode that allows both types of devices to connect. Check your router's instruction manual. If you check the instructions that came with the wireless adapter you will likely find that you need to install the drivers BEFORE connecting the adapter. -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Win9x] * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to. * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Patty" wrote in message ... Alright, I'm not very good with this networking thing so I hope someone can help me out. I had a Win98SE computer with a Verizon Westell 2200 dsl box and mircosoft wireless G router hardwired (I believe) to it. I had purchased a computer with Win XP and a Linksys wireless G adapter so I could hook up to the internet on that computer via the router. Everything was going fine until I had to disconnect the Win98se computer for reasons i don't need to get into here. I then hooked up the dsl box and the wireless router to my WinXP so my children could still play their x-box live as the Win98se was just sitting in my room not hooked up. I went to hook it up today but I saw that my wireless G adapter is only compatible with Winxp or 2000. I have a wireless B adapter which I thought I could hook up so I can access the internet but when I try to hook up the new hardware, it tells me that I don't have the drivers for this particular piece of hardware. It came with a CD and I thought the drivers are suppose to install from the CD but nothing happens when I put it in the CD-rom. My question is: Can I use a Wireless B adapter with the microsoft wireless 802.11g router? If so, how do I get the drivers it needs to set it up? I hope someone understands all this and can help me out. Thanx Patty |
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OK. I finally got the adapter to install but I still can't get connected to
the internet. The signal is good but I can't get it to hook up. I just went into the management tool in the Broadband network utility and wrote down all the numbers and names that should appear when I open the network adapter. I also enabled WEP encryption so I hope this works now. I believe I set it to Ad-hoc Channel 6 with WEP encryption. That's is what it told me in the base station management tool. Hope this works!! If not, I will be back. Thanx Patty "Richard G. Harper" wrote in message ... Yes, a B adapter should work with the G router unless you disabled the mixed mode that allows both types of devices to connect. Check your router's instruction manual. If you check the instructions that came with the wireless adapter you will likely find that you need to install the drivers BEFORE connecting the adapter. -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Win9x] * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to. * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Patty" wrote in message ... Alright, I'm not very good with this networking thing so I hope someone can help me out. I had a Win98SE computer with a Verizon Westell 2200 dsl box and mircosoft wireless G router hardwired (I believe) to it. I had purchased a computer with Win XP and a Linksys wireless G adapter so I could hook up to the internet on that computer via the router. Everything was going fine until I had to disconnect the Win98se computer for reasons i don't need to get into here. I then hooked up the dsl box and the wireless router to my WinXP so my children could still play their x-box live as the Win98se was just sitting in my room not hooked up. I went to hook it up today but I saw that my wireless G adapter is only compatible with Winxp or 2000. I have a wireless B adapter which I thought I could hook up so I can access the internet but when I try to hook up the new hardware, it tells me that I don't have the drivers for this particular piece of hardware. It came with a CD and I thought the drivers are suppose to install from the CD but nothing happens when I put it in the CD-rom. My question is: Can I use a Wireless B adapter with the microsoft wireless 802.11g router? If so, how do I get the drivers it needs to set it up? I hope someone understands all this and can help me out. Thanx Patty |
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Yeah..........I finally got it!!! Took me 2 days and I have no idea of what
I did but....I finally got it!!! Patty "Patty" wrote in message ... OK. I finally got the adapter to install but I still can't get connected to the internet. The signal is good but I can't get it to hook up. I just went into the management tool in the Broadband network utility and wrote down all the numbers and names that should appear when I open the network adapter. I also enabled WEP encryption so I hope this works now. I believe I set it to Ad-hoc Channel 6 with WEP encryption. That's is what it told me in the base station management tool. Hope this works!! If not, I will be back. Thanx Patty "Richard G. Harper" wrote in message ... Yes, a B adapter should work with the G router unless you disabled the mixed mode that allows both types of devices to connect. Check your router's instruction manual. If you check the instructions that came with the wireless adapter you will likely find that you need to install the drivers BEFORE connecting the adapter. -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Win9x] * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to. * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Patty" wrote in message ... Alright, I'm not very good with this networking thing so I hope someone can help me out. I had a Win98SE computer with a Verizon Westell 2200 dsl box and mircosoft wireless G router hardwired (I believe) to it. I had purchased a computer with Win XP and a Linksys wireless G adapter so I could hook up to the internet on that computer via the router. Everything was going fine until I had to disconnect the Win98se computer for reasons i don't need to get into here. I then hooked up the dsl box and the wireless router to my WinXP so my children could still play their x-box live as the Win98se was just sitting in my room not hooked up. I went to hook it up today but I saw that my wireless G adapter is only compatible with Winxp or 2000. I have a wireless B adapter which I thought I could hook up so I can access the internet but when I try to hook up the new hardware, it tells me that I don't have the drivers for this particular piece of hardware. It came with a CD and I thought the drivers are suppose to install from the CD but nothing happens when I put it in the CD-rom. My question is: Can I use a Wireless B adapter with the microsoft wireless 802.11g router? If so, how do I get the drivers it needs to set it up? I hope someone understands all this and can help me out. Thanx Patty |
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Excellent news! Hopefully you don't have to go through that again.
-- Richard G. Harper [MVP Win9x] * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to. * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "patty" wrote in message ... Yeah..........I finally got it!!! Took me 2 days and I have no idea of what I did but....I finally got it!!! Patty "Patty" wrote in message ... OK. I finally got the adapter to install but I still can't get connected to the internet. The signal is good but I can't get it to hook up. I just went into the management tool in the Broadband network utility and wrote down all the numbers and names that should appear when I open the network adapter. I also enabled WEP encryption so I hope this works now. I believe I set it to Ad-hoc Channel 6 with WEP encryption. That's is what it told me in the base station management tool. Hope this works!! If not, I will be back. Thanx Patty "Richard G. Harper" wrote in message ... Yes, a B adapter should work with the G router unless you disabled the mixed mode that allows both types of devices to connect. Check your router's instruction manual. If you check the instructions that came with the wireless adapter you will likely find that you need to install the drivers BEFORE connecting the adapter. -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Win9x] * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to. * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Patty" wrote in message ... Alright, I'm not very good with this networking thing so I hope someone can help me out. I had a Win98SE computer with a Verizon Westell 2200 dsl box and mircosoft wireless G router hardwired (I believe) to it. I had purchased a computer with Win XP and a Linksys wireless G adapter so I could hook up to the internet on that computer via the router. Everything was going fine until I had to disconnect the Win98se computer for reasons i don't need to get into here. I then hooked up the dsl box and the wireless router to my WinXP so my children could still play their x-box live as the Win98se was just sitting in my room not hooked up. I went to hook it up today but I saw that my wireless G adapter is only compatible with Winxp or 2000. I have a wireless B adapter which I thought I could hook up so I can access the internet but when I try to hook up the new hardware, it tells me that I don't have the drivers for this particular piece of hardware. It came with a CD and I thought the drivers are suppose to install from the CD but nothing happens when I put it in the CD-rom. My question is: Can I use a Wireless B adapter with the microsoft wireless 802.11g router? If so, how do I get the drivers it needs to set it up? I hope someone understands all this and can help me out. Thanx Patty |
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