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I have a notebook I'm trying to add to my network.
Currently, the network consists of 3 PCs, connected via
ethernet. I'm using a MS Broadband Networking Wireless
Base Station (MN-500) to do this.
My notebook has been struggling to connect to this
network, though. It's used 2 products: 1 Linksys Wireless
B WPC11 v.4, and 1 MS Broadband Networking Wireless USB
Adapter (MN-510).
Using both products has resulted in the following
situation.
My notebook claims to detect the base station. It's
unable to actively connect to anything, though.
Meanwhile, the computer I'm typing this on CAN detect the
notebook in the Broadband Network Utility. More than
that: it can access the notebook's shared folders. This
one problem might merely be fat32 vs ntfs, since the
notebook's running Win98SE, but my notebook is also unable
to detect the internet. It's not the internet's fault,
because it works fine on my other machines. It's not a
weak signal, b/c the adapters were within 5 feet of the
base station. I've checked that the notebook's within the
proper IP range, which it manages to acquire from the base
station. Drivers are up to date, but win98se is straight
from the CD, due to its inability to reach the internet,
and my lack of time to manually download each *.exe and
transfer them.
Thanks in advance for any help.
I have a notebook I'm trying to add to my network.
Currently, the network consists of 3 PCs, connected via
ethernet. I'm using a MS Broadband Networking Wireless
Base Station (MN-500) to do this.
My notebook has been struggling to connect to this
network, though. It's used 2 products: 1 Linksys Wireless
B WPC11 v.4, and 1 MS Broadband Networking Wireless USB
Adapter (MN-510).
Using both products has resulted in the following
situation.
My notebook claims to detect the base station. It's
unable to actively connect to anything, though.
Meanwhile, the computer I'm typing this on CAN detect the
notebook in the Broadband Network Utility. More than
that: it can access the notebook's shared folders. This
one problem might merely be fat32 vs ntfs, since the
notebook's running Win98SE, but my notebook is also unable
to detect the internet. It's not the internet's fault,
because it works fine on my other machines. It's not a
weak signal, b/c the adapters were within 5 feet of the
base station. I've checked that the notebook's within the
proper IP range, which it manages to acquire from the base
station. Drivers are up to date, but win98se is straight
from the CD, due to its inability to reach the internet,
and my lack of time to manually download each *.exe and
transfer them.
Thanks in advance for any help.