Need help with win98 wifi

[jrico]

I just purchased a wifi card for an older computer w/ WIN98 our kids
will use. I setup and installed the card w/o problems. Used the netgear
connection wizard to setup the network info and everything looks fine
there. It sees the wifi router and all but there is no internet
connection. tcp/ip set to obtain ip auto., checked DHCP for WINS res.,
disable dns. What am I missing here? Thanks for any advice.

 

[BobC]

I just purchased a wifi card for an older computer w/ WIN98 our kids
will use. I setup and installed the card w/o problems. Used the netgear
connection wizard to setup the network info and everything looks fine
there. It sees the wifi router and all but there is no internet
connection. tcp/ip set to obtain ip auto., checked DHCP for WINS res.,
disable dns. What am I missing here? Thanks for any advice.

I believe wifi will not work on win98. At least win98SE is required.

 

[jrico]

On 25 Sep 2006 09:38:13 -0700, jrico wrote:


I believe wifi will not work on win98. At least win98SE is required.

BobC

I do have WIN98 SE

 

[Chuck]

I just purchased a wifi card for an older computer w/ WIN98 our kids
will use. I setup and installed the card w/o problems. Used the netgear
connection wizard to setup the network info and everything looks fine
there. It sees the wifi router and all but there is no internet
connection. tcp/ip set to obtain ip auto., checked DHCP for WINS res.,
disable dns. What am I missing here? Thanks for any advice.

Why did you disable DNS? Without DNS, you'll not have Internet use. WINS is a
server, that only resolves local names.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/reading-ipconfig-and-diagnosing.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/reading-ipconfig-and-diagnosing.html

 

[jrico]

Why did you disable DNS? Without DNS, you'll not have Internet use. WINS is a
server, that only resolves local names.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/reading-ipconfig-and-diagnosing.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/reading-ipconfig-and-diagnosing.html

I was following some instructions from another website.
Is there anyone that can instruct me on how to setup the tcp'ip
protocols on Win98se and get this thing working?

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

Why did you disable DNS? Without DNS, you'll not have Internet use. WINS is a
server, that only resolves local names.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/reading-ipconfig-and-diagnosing.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/reading-ipconfig-and-diagnosing.html

Hi, Chuck. The settings that "jrico" made are OK for Windows 98.
They don't have the same meaning that they have in Windows XP.

"Disable DNS" is equivalent to XP's "Obtain DNS server address
automatically". The alternative in Windows 98 is "Enable DNS", which
requires you to enter a host name and static DNS server addresses.

"Use DHCP for WINS Resolution" configures a network connection to get
its WINS server address from the DHCP server. In a home network,
there isn't a WINS server, the DHCP server won't assign a WINS server
address, and everything will be fine. The alternatives in Windows 98
are "Disable WINS Resolution", which is also OK, and "Enable WINS
Resolution", which requires you to enter a static WINS server address.

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

I just purchased a wifi card for an older computer w/ WIN98 our kids
will use. I setup and installed the card w/o problems. Used the netgear
connection wizard to setup the network info and everything looks fine
there. It sees the wifi router and all but there is no internet
connection. tcp/ip set to obtain ip auto., checked DHCP for WINS res.,
disable dns. What am I missing here? Thanks for any advice.

Have you specified the right SSID, encryption type, and encryption
key?

Does the wireless router's list of DHCP clients show the WIN98
computer?

Run "winipcfg" and see if the WiFi card is getting a valid IP address,
subnet mask, default gateway, and DNS server address from the wireless
router's DHCP server.

If it has a valid IP address, type these lines in a command prompt
window (Start > run > command) to see if it can communicate with the
router and the Internet. Each one should get four replies:

ping <router's IP address> (example: 192.168.1.1)
ping 216.239.39.100
ping www.google.com

 

[jrico]

Have you specified the right SSID, encryption type, and encryption
key?

yes I have

Does the wireless router's list of DHCP clients show the WIN98
computer?

no it doesn't

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

yes I have

no it doesn't

That's not much information for someone to help solve the problem. We
only know as much as you tell us.

It appears that the WiFi card isn't connecting to the wireless
network. I assume that there's a wireless network connection utility
program. What does it show?

What make and model is the WiFi card? What type of encryption does
the network use?

 

[jrico]

om

That's not much information for someone to help solve the problem. We
only know as much as you tell us.

It appears that the WiFi card isn't connecting to the wireless
network. I assume that there's a wireless network connection utility
program. What does it show?

What make and model is the WiFi card? What type of encryption does
the network use?

Netgear Wg311t, I used netgear's setup util. to install card , program
ssid, wep passphrase, 64 bit encryp. I feel confident that I did all
that correctly.

I used this in another comp just fine til I changed to this comp.
It appears to have some connection to the router as it is able to
display signal strength and Mbps.

I have two other comps w/ XP running wifi just fine on my network. This
is my 1st Win98 to do and expected it to be just as easy.

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

Netgear Wg311t, I used netgear's setup util. to install card , program
ssid, wep passphrase, 64 bit encryp. I feel confident that I did all
that correctly.

I used this in another comp just fine til I changed to this comp.
It appears to have some connection to the router as it is able to
display signal strength and Mbps.

I have two other comps w/ XP running wifi just fine on my network. This
is my 1st Win98 to do and expected it to be just as easy.

I'd temporarily disable encryption in the router and see if the Win98
computer can connect to the router and access the Internet. If it
can, then re-enable encryption in the router and specify the
encryption settings in the Win98 utility program. If it can't,
something could be wrong with the network card. Un-installing and
re-installing it might help.

 

[Joe]

I'd temporarily disable encryption in the router and see if the Win98
computer can connect to the router and access the Internet. If it
can, then re-enable encryption in the router and specify the
encryption settings in the Win98 utility program. If it can't,
something could be wrong with the network card. Un-installing and
re-installing it might help.

I am running a laptop with WIN98 SE succesfully. I configured manually
with a static IP address of 192.168.1.101 , because my router is
192.168.1.1. My router is a Linksys WR45.

Jroberts

 

[BobC]

BobC

I do have WIN98 SE

Netgear's site says your WG311T requires win2000 or XP See:
http://www.netgear.com/Products/Ada...apters/WG311T.aspx?detail=System+Requirements

 

[jrico]

Netgear's site says your WG311T requires win2000 or XP See:
http://www.netgear.com/Products/Ada...apters/WG311T.aspx?detail=System+Requirements

Thnx BobC
I didn't see that! That explains it.