Today, I finally got back to his house, so I was able to try out
everyone's advice. I used winipcfg to see that he had DNS address. I
then tried using the IP address that Tom gave me for Google. It didn't
work. I asked him if he had the drivers for his wireless card. He said
"Yes." We got the CD out, uninstalled the drivers and then re-installed
them. Rebooted the computer and *he finally had an internet!*
Thanks to everyone for all your help!
Steve
Vicky Staubly wrote:
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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To: <[email protected]>
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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