Re: [PCWorks] Can't get Win98SE to work on LAN broadband
- From: "Vern" <r60slash5@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:27:03 -0700
http://help.expedient.net/broadband/winmedsl.shtml
Will this help?
Vern
A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to
take everything you have.........Thomas Jefferson
----- Original Message -----
From: "Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin-OrpheusComputing.com &
ComputersCustomBuilt.com" <PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 8:21 AM
Subject: [PCWorks] Can't get Win98SE to work on LAN broadband
> I'm having all kinds of problems trying to get a Win98SE PC
> connected to the net via its LAN/Ethernet port, using DSL ***on
> a router***. Reason is I have never tried to do this before.
> When I used Win98 many years ago, it was dial-up.
>
> On my XP PC, NOTHING is required. After I reformat, and
> install the Ethernet drivers, that's IT. I don't need to add
> or change a single setting, I'm immediately on the net. Not so
> with Win98.
>
> I have no idea where to start for the "Network Neighborhood"
> icon. There are dozens and dozens of settings there. First,
> should the drop-down be "Windows logon", "Client for M$
> networks", or "M$ Family logon"? I've tried all 3 and I still
> get "The page cannot be displayed". Then whichever one it
> should be, what are all the settings for it when the
> "Properties" button is clicked? And, in "Internet Options",
> under "Connections" and "LAN settings", I've tried the box
> checked and unchecked for "Automatically detect settings".
> It's probably some combination of these countless options that
> I'll never find out.
>
> There are no yellow marks in the Device Manager, and the mobo
> is an nVidia nForce 3 250 chipset (and Ethernet controller).
> Thanks,
> -Clint
>
> God Bless
> Clint Hamilton, Owner
> http://www.OrpheusComputing.com
> http://www.ComputersCustomBuilt.com
>
>
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