I believe the 'winipcfg' command still works on 98 and may reveal more info as you can change the selected adapter in the top drop down box.
Paul
Originally posted by p17blo
99,
PPP Adapter with a mac address starting 44-45-53 is DEFINATELY NOT your wireless card.
Paul
Thats what it said!!!!!
Originally posted by p17blo
And subject to you checking my posts above you can trying manually assigning yourself an address in that range, say 192.168.1.40 and then as Sarah has said you need your default gateway and dns entries to be the ip address of the router. If this still does not work and you are sure the wireless card is detected and working correct I think you are, what we affectionately call in the trade, 'b&gg&ered'! (But I am sure someone can help further)
Paul
Put in 192.168.1.88 for IP and DNS cofig. 192.168.1.1 for the gateway (which when I type that in on the main PC it takes me to the router config). But nada[:#]
Originally posted by p17blo
I believe the 'winipcfg' command still works on 98 and may reveal more info as you can change the selected adapter in the top drop down box.
Paul
It comes up with a box called IP configuration. There is only 1 option in the drop down box, which is PPP adapter. The adapter address is 44-45-53-54-00-00. The IP address and subnet mask are 0.0.0.0 and the default gateway is blank. I can select "OK" "Release all", "Renew all", and "more info". I went for more info as it sounds non-distructive and under "host info" it gives host name = mypc and SND servers 192.168.1.1 - these were the settings I typed into the wireless card in "network neighbourhood"- and node type is broadcast. It then has a section entitled ethernet adapter information, which gives the same IP, hgateway and subnet info as last time but with a DHCP server address of 255.255.255.255. Everything else is blank.
Someone shoot me!
My best opinion on this is that something (May be the driver/software) is stopping the card from communicating with the OS, as you should definately have an entry for your wireless card in both winipcfg and ipconfig. Has this setup ever worked? Are you sure you have the correct software/driver installed? Is the device USB or PCMCIA as I know 98 (even SE) really struggles with USB.
Are you stuck with 98 or can you upgrade to 2000 or XP? As you are a worldwide traveller and super sailir I am sure you or your company could justify a laptop with a slightly more modern OS, maybe something actually from the 21st Century (Think about, I'm right!)
Paul
Are you stuck with 98 or can you upgrade to 2000 or XP? As you are a worldwide traveller and super sailir I am sure you or your company could justify a laptop with a slightly more modern OS, maybe something actually from the 21st Century (Think about, I'm right!)
Paul
Yes, I'm coming to the conclusion that it something really basic, and probably unfixable myself. I think you are right that I am going to have to invest some money in updating myself. You know how it is, as an accountant, parting with money...........but a heartfelt thank you for our efforts.
Hi Sailor,
Having battled with WiFi cards on Win98 in the past, I think you hit on a sailient point in your initial post when you talked about the "utility software". I don't think Win98 has in-built wireless network configuration capabilities like XP does, so you have to use the utilitiy supplied by the vendor (and a trip to their website to make sure you have the ltest Win98 compatible version is always a good move).
Hopefully that will allow you to set your wireless card's IP address to match your router (or at least turn on DHCP to allow it obtain an IP address automatically). From there it's all plain sailing [}:)][:p]
There again, I've probably totally missed the point...? [:0]
Regards,
Dave
Having battled with WiFi cards on Win98 in the past, I think you hit on a sailient point in your initial post when you talked about the "utility software". I don't think Win98 has in-built wireless network configuration capabilities like XP does, so you have to use the utilitiy supplied by the vendor (and a trip to their website to make sure you have the ltest Win98 compatible version is always a good move).
Hopefully that will allow you to set your wireless card's IP address to match your router (or at least turn on DHCP to allow it obtain an IP address automatically). From there it's all plain sailing [}:)][:p]
There again, I've probably totally missed the point...? [:0]
Regards,
Dave
Good news! I have resolved this little issue. I am now the owner of a new laptop which has XP inside it (somewhere!) so I just plug in my wireless card and...Bingo[y]. You probably all need to know the technical spec so that you can answer tonights inevitable queries. Well, it is silver and it has a biiiiggg screen.
Originally posted by sailor99
Good news! I have resolved this little issue. I am now the owner of a new laptop which has XP inside it (somewhere!) so I just plug in my wireless card and...Bingo[y]. You probably all need to know the technical spec so that you can answer tonights inevitable queries. Well, it is silver and it has a biiiiggg screen.
You see, throw enough money at an IT problem and it goes away - At least that's what I told my old boss just before she fired me... ah I mean 'made me redundant':D:D
Paul
Good news! I have resolved this little issue. I am now the owner of a new laptop which has XP inside it (somewhere!) so I just plug in my wireless card and...Bingo. You probably all need to know the technical spec so that you can answer tonights inevitable queries. Well, it is silver and it has a biiiiggg screen.
Fab news on the new laptop and success with your wireless networking [y] Fingers crossed you'll have no further issues, but if you do, you have a plethora of help right here on V-Flyer to assist you
Big article in the Sunday times "Doors" section about Wifi and the exhorbitant cost in certain locations - e.g. T-Mobile in Starbucks at £5 per minute, BT in Hilton Hotels at £6 per minute.
Did you all know that there are actually hundreds of free Hot spots in the Uk and some local authorities have set up and are setting up free zones for all!!
I downloaded some software from http://www.boingo.com which helps you find free spots!!
Did you all know that there are actually hundreds of free Hot spots in the Uk and some local authorities have set up and are setting up free zones for all!!
I downloaded some software from http://www.boingo.com which helps you find free spots!!
Originally posted by MarkJ
Big article in the Sunday times "Doors" section about Wifi and the exhorbitant cost in certain locations - e.g. T-Mobile in Starbucks at £5 per minute, BT in Hilton Hotels at £6 per minute.
er, are you sure "per minute"!? Can't speak for Hilton, but I do know T Mobile in Starbucks is £5 per hour. Yeah, that is still a lot of dosh compared with Free and with the £15 or so per month most of us pay at home, but I guess it's a convenience thing.
I stopped at a Marriott in central London recently. Whilst my employer was picking uup the cost of the room, everything else was up to me, so severely baulked at the £15 charge to use the *wired* net access in the room. Now I thought THAT was extortionate!
Dave
On a vaguely related topic, I'm after a wireless router that's portable enough to take away with me, be able to turn the wired connection in hotel rooms into a wireless one plus offer me at least one Ethernet port (in addition to the WAN uplink) to plumb through the standard network on a client's site. The Airport Express from Apple is almost perfect, except it doesn't have that additional Ethernet port.
Saw this Linksys Travel Router, which seems to fit the bill. And then there's this 3 Com product, and even Netgear make something worth consideration.
Anyone had experience with any of these? Recommendations?
Pete
Saw this Linksys Travel Router, which seems to fit the bill. And then there's this 3 Com product, and even Netgear make something worth consideration.
Anyone had experience with any of these? Recommendations?
Pete
Linksys Wireless-G Travel Router with SpeedBooster WTR54GS
Wow. Talk about service. Placed an order with http://www.pyramid.com (who seemed to offer the cheapest price/delivery according to Kelkoo) at 5pm last night, and it's here by 11am the next day.
Paul - it seems to work like a dream, and the best thing is that you can use the Apple style socket adapters (even though it comes with short-cable UK & Euro plug), so even less to pop in the bag.
As an added bonus to the original purpose for buying it, it also seems to be able to work in reverse to turning a wired connection into a wireless network, ie, you can connect this to a wireless connection to attach a wired-only device (such as a printer). Might be handy.
The config screens are well designed, simple but comprehensive enough for you to drill down to as much detail as you could imagine - this is a fully fledge router with firewall and everything in a tiny little package designed for road warriors. Comes with a CD, but didn't need to break the seal; it just worked.
Pete
Wow. Talk about service. Placed an order with http://www.pyramid.com (who seemed to offer the cheapest price/delivery according to Kelkoo) at 5pm last night, and it's here by 11am the next day.
Paul - it seems to work like a dream, and the best thing is that you can use the Apple style socket adapters (even though it comes with short-cable UK & Euro plug), so even less to pop in the bag.
As an added bonus to the original purpose for buying it, it also seems to be able to work in reverse to turning a wired connection into a wireless network, ie, you can connect this to a wireless connection to attach a wired-only device (such as a printer). Might be handy.
The config screens are well designed, simple but comprehensive enough for you to drill down to as much detail as you could imagine - this is a fully fledge router with firewall and everything in a tiny little package designed for road warriors. Comes with a CD, but didn't need to break the seal; it just worked.
Pete
Guys
Am I right in saying that the Linksys Travel Router has to be plugged directly into the mains ? rather than plugging in a mains adaptor. On the linksys picture it shows the mains pins sticking out of the unit.[?]
I have borrowed a Netgear Travel Router and have to say it worked fine with XP.... but the xtra features of the Linksys seem useful...
Regards
Mark:D
Am I right in saying that the Linksys Travel Router has to be plugged directly into the mains ? rather than plugging in a mains adaptor. On the linksys picture it shows the mains pins sticking out of the unit.[?]
I have borrowed a Netgear Travel Router and have to say it worked fine with XP.... but the xtra features of the Linksys seem useful...
Regards
Mark:D
Discovered another benefit to the WTR54GS on this trip to Las Vegas - it can also act as a signal booster for an existing wireless network.
I'm in the Stratosphere, which offers wireless networking, but the trouble is I can't get more than about 10% signal quality in the bedroom. In the bathroom, however, it's closer to 20% signal quality. The WTR54GS lets you chose a wireless source for the incoming Internet signal, as well as create a wireless network for the local computers - so plugging the router into the bathroom, I'm repeating a strong signal into the bedroom. Perfect!
So, the router lets you take a wired source and turn it into a wireless network; a wireless network into a wired connection or a wireless to wireless if you just need to bump up the range of an existing network.
Pete
I'm in the Stratosphere, which offers wireless networking, but the trouble is I can't get more than about 10% signal quality in the bedroom. In the bathroom, however, it's closer to 20% signal quality. The WTR54GS lets you chose a wireless source for the incoming Internet signal, as well as create a wireless network for the local computers - so plugging the router into the bathroom, I'm repeating a strong signal into the bedroom. Perfect!
So, the router lets you take a wired source and turn it into a wireless network; a wireless network into a wired connection or a wireless to wireless if you just need to bump up the range of an existing network.
Pete
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