polling, polling, polling

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Vic

Asked the questions below in two different NG's and nobody could answer.
Although the network is specific to Win98SE OS, was hoping someone here
could help!
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I'm wondering why my IBM T41 laptop (Windows 98 SE) is constantly
polling the home network!
The laptop network hardware: wireless and ethernet cards

It has been especially difficult to set up both to work together in SE.
This laptop has multi-boot with XP1 Pro and both cards work together
there just fine, so I believe the issues are not hardware related but
likely
software setup.

Currently the wireless is disabled, just working with the ethernet card
(Intel PRO 1000 MT Mobile). It seems so odd the card constantly polls
the network. I see the wireless adapter lights constantly flashing, the
wireless router lights constantly flashing and on the networked
computers, no matter what OS is loaded, their network icon lights
(system tray) constantly blink! I'm wondering why, and how to stop it.
Anybody know?

FYI: when the laptop is disconnected from the network there are no more
blinking lights (no polling), and if the ethernet is disabled and the
wireless ENabled, no blinking lights. Lastly, as far as networking goes
all else works well, all computers see each other, good transfer speeds.
So why blinking lights with the ethernet?

Thanks
Vic
 
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Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]

Vic said:
Asked the questions below in two different NG's and nobody could
answer. Although the network is specific to Win98SE OS, was hoping
someone here could help!

Did you try a Win98 group?
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I'm wondering why my IBM T41 laptop (Windows 98 SE) is constantly
polling the home network!

I'm wondering why you're still using Win98 ;-)

The laptop network hardware: wireless and ethernet cards

It has been especially difficult to set up both to work together in
SE. This laptop has multi-boot with XP1 Pro and both cards work
together there just fine, so I believe the issues are not hardware
related but likely
software setup.
Probably.

Currently the wireless is disabled, just working with the ethernet
card (Intel PRO 1000 MT Mobile). It seems so odd the card constantly
polls the network. I see the wireless adapter lights constantly
flashing, the wireless router lights constantly flashing and on the
networked computers, no matter what OS is loaded, their network icon
lights (system tray) constantly blink! I'm wondering why, and how to
stop it. Anybody know?

Honestly, it's been so long since I had to work with Win9x, I'm not sure
what to say. I really think you need to post this where the Win98x experts
hang out. There really are some, I'm sure of it.
FYI: when the laptop is disconnected from the network there are no
more blinking lights (no polling), and if the ethernet is disabled
and the wireless ENabled, no blinking lights. Lastly, as far as
networking goes all else works well, all computers see each other,
good transfer speeds. So why blinking lights with the ethernet?

What else is running in startup (msconfig)? And is this actually causing
problems for you, or are you just curious?
 
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Vic

The question was asked if I tried a Win98 newsgroup, yes! Those groups
have little activity. I've also tried a laptop group (comp.sys.laptops)
and nobody there could respond. Hoping someone here can answer!
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"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
 

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