Reply With Quoteany wireless router will work, finding a pci wireless card with 98 drivers might hurt a bit..
i just threw a heap of them out...
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(thread name previously "Networking WiFi and Win98")
A mate and member of this forum is still using an old Win98 PC with a Telstra cable internet connection. He has now been given a Win7 laptop and I want to help him set up a WiFi network (WiFi router) but still leave the win98 machine on the internet and hopefully able to share his files across machines.
All the WiFi router spec I can find ATM seem to require WinXP as a minimum.
Have thought about setting up the network plugging the Win7 laptop into the router and then use it WiFi once the network is running. Will this work?
Any recomendations for WiFi router (Make model) for this problem?
Diana
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any wireless router will work, finding a pci wireless card with 98 drivers might hurt a bit..
i just threw a heap of them out...
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I was going to leave the Win98 PC plugged in via the Ethernet cable to the router and the new machine/machines WiFi (at least that is the way I have my network here)
It just seems the vendors are suggesting the WiFi software needs XP or later.
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wifi is OS independant as long as you can get a driver for your wireless receiver.
the router itself needs no driver.
maybe for the manufacturers desktop based setup utility but you are usually better off using the web interface to set your router up not the manufacturers crap utility software
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2012 SZ Territory TX 2.7 TDCi
"Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it." -- a warning from Adolf Hitler
"If you don't have a sense of humour, you probably don't have any sense at all!" -- a wise observation by someone else
'If everyone colludes in believing that war is the norm, nobody will recognize the imperative of peace." -- Anne Deveson
“What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.” - Pericles
"We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.” – Ayn Rand
"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts." Marcus Aurelius
Wizard
What are the specs on the old computer ? Have you thought of installing win7 on it. You can install it over the top of the old os and networking is pretty simple with win7 homegroups, as long as they are running the same os
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Thanks John
I have learn't over the years that while something is working O.K. and the owner is happy with it, then leave it be.
It would be a nightmare if we changed the OS and found that the machine didn't have sufficient RAM and/or the hardware was incompatible.
I think I'll try Inc's idea of using the browser interface from the Win7 OS, so it would be nice to get a recommendation for a router that will give my mate the least problems.
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Thought I'd move onto the next issue before I muck up my mates internet access.
I have Optus cable for my internet and the WiFi router merely sits in between the Optus supplied (Motorolla) modem and desktop PC via the ethernet cables. Very much plug-and-play.
Have never had any experience with Telstra cable and wonder if there is anything I need to do when putting a WiFi router behind the modem? Particularly any logon script or machine ID I may have to enter into the gateway?
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should be a straight forward setup using dhcp from your cable modem i would think
as for routers, i prefer dlink and tplink.. the former being the easiest to setup but do not use the supplied disk.
2007 Discovery 3 SE7 TDV6 2.7
2012 SZ Territory TX 2.7 TDCi
"Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it." -- a warning from Adolf Hitler
"If you don't have a sense of humour, you probably don't have any sense at all!" -- a wise observation by someone else
'If everyone colludes in believing that war is the norm, nobody will recognize the imperative of peace." -- Anne Deveson
“What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.” - Pericles
"We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.” – Ayn Rand
"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts." Marcus Aurelius
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Have already bought a DLink
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Fossicker
Hi, netgear usb cards still support Windows 98, see here Windows Adapter Card Compatiblity they don't have the best range but certainly the easiest out of box soloution
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