I had a similar problem just today - I couldn't get an older 3Comm
PCMCIA card to work in an HP laptop I picked up cheap. The system said
everything was working, but it wouldn't connect. I was using Windows
default installation and the Win98SE CD. Then I downloaded the drivers
from the 3Comm Website, used them for the install, and the network came
right up. So I guess the lesson is not to trust the MS install script,
and use the manufacturer's drivers.
Now I have another related question: when I go to shut this machine
down, the default "radio" button on the shutdown screen is always
"restart", I click on "shutdown" but it restarts anyway. This is
something that is probably easy to fix, but I have never encountered
this before. Any suggestions?
Mike
Stephen Brownfield wrote:
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
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