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Hi all-
I hope someone here has some ideas that can help me.
I'm trying to set up a wireless network at home using a Linksys WRT54G
router,
a WPC54G notebook adapter for a Win2K laptop, and a WMP54G PCI card
for a Dell Optiplex GXpro running Windows 98 (not second edition).
The router part works fine (using the wired ethernet ports), but
setting up the wireless part has been a chore, to say the least. I
finally got the WPC54G adapter working (actually, after a lot of
fiddling it just started getting a signal and I'm not exactly sure
what was wrong), but I have not been able to get the WMP54G PCI card
to work in the Windows 98 machine.
Originally, I installed the PCI card and then tried to load the
software, but apparently you have to install the software first before
installing the card. I removed the card, uninstalled the software,
and deleted all of the LINKSYS registry entries. Then I installed the
software, rebooted, and installed the card. I could not get a
wireless connection.
I updated the software with the latest version from the Linksys
website (version 1.3 of the WMP54G drivers), and now the machine hangs
when the system is almost up. If I remove the PCI card, the system
works fine, so I assume that it is hanging somewhere in the driver for
the card.
I've been reluctant to upgrade the system to Windows 98 SE as the next
step in trying to get this to work, because I have found postings on
Usenet from people who couldn't get this to work with Windows 98 SE
either.
Can anybody give me any ideas? Or can anyone recommend a different
card to try that is known to work with Windows 98. I'm pretty
dissappointed in Linksys. In fact, the main reason for buying all of
the other Linksys components was to get this Windows 98 machine hooked
up (I didn't want to run any CAT5 in the house), so if I can't get
this working I may just return all of it.
Thanks in advance for any replies.
-Ewan
Hi all-
I hope someone here has some ideas that can help me.
I'm trying to set up a wireless network at home using a Linksys WRT54G
router,
a WPC54G notebook adapter for a Win2K laptop, and a WMP54G PCI card
for a Dell Optiplex GXpro running Windows 98 (not second edition).
The router part works fine (using the wired ethernet ports), but
setting up the wireless part has been a chore, to say the least. I
finally got the WPC54G adapter working (actually, after a lot of
fiddling it just started getting a signal and I'm not exactly sure
what was wrong), but I have not been able to get the WMP54G PCI card
to work in the Windows 98 machine.
Originally, I installed the PCI card and then tried to load the
software, but apparently you have to install the software first before
installing the card. I removed the card, uninstalled the software,
and deleted all of the LINKSYS registry entries. Then I installed the
software, rebooted, and installed the card. I could not get a
wireless connection.
I updated the software with the latest version from the Linksys
website (version 1.3 of the WMP54G drivers), and now the machine hangs
when the system is almost up. If I remove the PCI card, the system
works fine, so I assume that it is hanging somewhere in the driver for
the card.
I've been reluctant to upgrade the system to Windows 98 SE as the next
step in trying to get this to work, because I have found postings on
Usenet from people who couldn't get this to work with Windows 98 SE
either.
Can anybody give me any ideas? Or can anyone recommend a different
card to try that is known to work with Windows 98. I'm pretty
dissappointed in Linksys. In fact, the main reason for buying all of
the other Linksys components was to get this Windows 98 machine hooked
up (I didn't want to run any CAT5 in the house), so if I can't get
this working I may just return all of it.
Thanks in advance for any replies.
-Ewan