setting up a new network

Ok, this is what I have, I have dsl and a P4 1.6ghz with 1gb of ram running xp home, dvdrw and dvdrom on computer 1 and OLD 233mghz AMD running win 98, with a newly installed 10-100 card by netgear on computer 2. I am trying to setup a network hardwired to the old computer and wireless to the HA HA newer computer through a netgear 614 router with a netgear wg311 wireless pci card. I tried to do this and have failed miserably on both computers trying first on the older computer and then the newer one. I followed installation instructions and still no dice. I set it up wired first on the newer computer and have not tried wireless as it said that I have to hook it up wired first. I would appreciate all the help I can get. I am just trying to do a little upgrading of old computers. I really think I need a step by step procedure to do this. I am not completely helpless but was told that all I had to do on the xp computer was plug it in and follow the directions and it would run. Not so so far.

Ok, I have a win 98 that will be hardwired and a win xp that is wireless.
I am using a Netgear router 614 v6
On the xp computer I am using a wg311 netgear wireless card
On the 98 computer I am using a fa 311 ethernet card

I contacted the support line today and they got me hooked up with the wireless win xp computer but could not get me connected to the win 98 computer. It pinged ip address fine but would not ping yahoo.com. It kept coming back unknown host. They said that it was not binding properly whatever that means.

So I am needing help with the hardwired win 98 computer.

I am sorry about all the info but on other forums I always get asked for all the info about my computers.

What IP addresses are the 2 machines using? Are u using DHCP?
Did you try accessing the win98 comp for the winxp one? And vise-versa ?

Gotta luv MS

I am not familiar with that router u r using but from your post what I gather is/are the following:

1. DHCP is setup on the router
2. XP comp gets IP address through wireless and is able to access the net
3. 98 computer is connected to same router by cat5 cable and is not able to access the net


There are a few things that you could do:

1. Try reinstalling win98
2. check cable by connecting the xp computer using it. (BTW crossover cable in your case is a big no-no)
3. Once u get the win98 comp running try to c if they can connect to each other through the local net. If the DHCP is working correctly it should have an IP address of 192.168.10.x (where x is a number from 0 - 254 excluding 3 and whatever address that you router uses)

Good luck

So now instead of a network prob you have a hardware prob ?

What exactly do you mean when you say you cannot get it to recognize the CD drive?

Is it not showing in the BIOS or you cannot get the CD to boot from it ?

Did you try booting off the CD instead of using the floppy? It's in the BIOS settings.

If you are trying to boot off a floopy what type of startup floppy r u using? plain dos, win95 win98 winme ????

When the PC is booting press the DEL key. It should show after the memory post something like “press DEL for BIOS settings”

BTW what error message are you getting when you try accessing the CD from the startup disk?

Hmmmmmmm……………… Could be that the generic drivers don’t support your CD. (Haven’t seen that happening before)
Try using one of the following startup disks.

http://www.bootdisk.com/

Any luck booting from CD? I think is your best chance.

Good luck!