On Fri, 22 Feb 2008, Stephen Brownfield wrote:
He is running Win98 SE! It is a wireless PCI card. What utility under Win98
SE would let me know if it "sees" the wireless router? I know how to do that
under the newer OS like XP, but how do I do it under Win98 SE? I don't think
that it "sees" the router. I believe that may be the problem.
My memory is a little rusty, but I think you can run the command
"winipcfg" (Start Menu, "Run"), which will show you if you have an IP
address (i.e. has the router given you one via DHCP, unless you statically
assigned an address). That will also show you (I think) if you've been
given a DNS address. Then maybe try Tom's suggestion of using an IP
address (if that works, you may be getting the _wrong_ DNS address).
Admiral Harris wrote:
What kind of adapter? How is it connected? Is this Win98 SE? Is the
utility able to "see" the wireless router?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Brownfield"
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Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 3:43 PM
Subject: [CGUYS] A windows 98 question
I work with individuals with disabilities. One young man needs to run
Windows 98, because that is the newest system that will run some of his
adaptive software. The home he lives in has wireless internet. He had
a wireless card put into his computer about a year or so ago. About 2
weeks ago he said that he lost his internet connection. I went over to
his home, the wireless connection still works for other computers. (I
tested it with a laptop running XP.) I went to control panel > System >
device manager and checked out the properties on his wireless card which
said that the device was functioning properly. I looked at the
card/antenna from the back of the computer. Its light was on and when I
tried to look up something on the internet (a web page) the other light
would start to blink as it looked for a connection. As I look at
everything looks like it should work. What do you think might be wrong?
Despite what the device manger says do you think it may be the card? Any
advice would be greatly appreciated!
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Vicky Staubly http://www.steeds.com/vicky/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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