Tina Norris Fields
tinanfields at torchlake.com
Mon Nov 8 09:23:28 CST 2004
Hi Jon, Thanks for the comeback. My dad's Win98SE laptop is one of the boxes I'm struggling with. It is second-hand and has no CD drive. First, I tried the D-Link wireless card (DWL-G630 rev C) and fussed around to get the software for the card onto my Iomega Zip Drive, and plugged that into the USB port on his laptop (I set up that software long ago to get around the lack of a CD drive). Installation appeared to go correctly. But, when I rebooted the box, I consistently got two messages: One told me a command was linked to the missing IPHLPAPI.dll:GetPerAdapterInfo, the other told me a device attached to the system was not functioning. These messages were tied to the attempt to run the AirPlus utility file for configuring the card. I learned from the codeproject website that GetPerAdapterInfo was not supported in Windows prior to Win2K. So, it seemed to me that the D-Link software was making a function call that Win98SE did not recognize. I contacted D-Link's e-mail tech support, at that time not sure whether the Win98 we had was first edition or second edition (later established it is second edition). The only response I got from them was that wireless was not supported for Win98FE. I called their telephone support and went down the road again, this time assuring them that it was Win98SE. They couldn't find anyone in their support team who understood what was wrong - several times they just said many of them had installed what I was trying to install on Win98SE boxes with no difficulty at all. I went back to the e-mail tech support and let them know I was dealing with Win98SE - they replied it would be better for me to talk to a live tech support person and gave me the toll-free number. I talked with some local guys at the ISP, who were pretty well convinced that the wireless technology was the problem. So I uninstalled all the DWL-G630 software and bought an appropriate D-Link ethernet card and some CAT-5 cable. I put the software from the new card (DFE-690TXD) onto my Iomega Zip Drive, and plugged that into the USB port on his laptop I tried to install the drivers from there. I got a message box saying it had installed the drivers, but it didn't install any utilities that I can make out. I have no handle on the supposedly installed drivers. I have no way to ask the card to acknowledge the network it is now plugged into. Supposedly, the New Hardware Wizard would recognize the card, after I first install the drivers, then shut down, insert the card and reboot. It sort of did - it said it did, but I can't get hold of anything to configure it. Maybe some part of the installation software didn't get copied onto my Zip drive. There's a lot of software on the CD that I am sure I don't need, but perhaps I missed something I did need. I will go back at that. However, if I have the correct drivers in place, shouldn't I be able to use Win98SE's own networking stuff to get the job done? Since I am such a newbie when it comes to networking, I thought I'd better call for help. I've already spent lots of hours learnig a gazillion things that don't work! Tina Jon Tydda wrote: >Hi Tina > >I had no problems with a wireless network on my win98se pc... stuck the card >in, loaded the drivers and we're away. My dad's laptop runs 98 on wireless >too. It was when I upgraded to 2k that I had lots of problems, but that was >due to poor IRQ assignments in 2k. > >What have you done so far? > > >Jon > >-----Original Message----- >From: Tina Norris Fields [mailto:tinanfields at torchlake.com] >Sent: 08 November 2004 14:00 >To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com >Subject: [dba-Tech] Network Issues with Win98SE > > >Hi friends, > >I am so unsure of myself with networking! I did fine getting the WinXP >boxes up, but, oh boy! > >Here's the situation: I recently took the leap to buying wireless >broadband service from my ISP. Setting up the WinXP boxes was easy. I >have two desktop and one laptop Win98SE machines to set up, and have >already learned that they will not work for wireless (why not?), but >should work with a cable connection from my wireless firewall router. > Climbing through what literature I have on Win98SE networking, I am >quite frustrated and so far lost. I am hoping Francisco will see this >sad plea for help and tell me what I must do. Someone said I need to >create a VPN for Win98SE, and I started down tha road, but got lost. > >Once I get rescued on the Win98SE boxes, I have to tackle the laptop >Win2KPro box. It also has options and settings I don't recognize. It >was happily accepting a configuration for peer-to-peer hook-up, but not >infrastructure hook-up. I found it was missing two required dll files >and I have downloaded them. I will plop them into place and see if that >fixes things. But, I may be back with more plaintive pleading. > >Thanks for any help at all! > >Best regards, >Tina > >_______________________________________________ >dba-Tech mailing list >dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > >The information in this e-mail is confidential and may also be legally >privileged. The contents are intended for recipient only and are subject >to the legal notice available on request from : webmaster at alcontrol.co.uk >ALcontrol Laboratories is a trading division of ALcontrol UK Limited. >Registered Office: Templeborough House, Mill Close, Rotherham, S60 1BZ. >Registered in England and Wales No 4057291 >_______________________________________________ >dba-Tech mailing list >dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > >