Networking trouble with wireless adapter

July 13, 2008

Hi,

I'm trying to integrate a Windows 98SE unit into my network, using a

Belkin USB Wireless G Network Adapter model # F5D7050. (looks like a

thumb drive) I'm using a Netgear WGT624 V3 router (uses both B and G).

I also have hooked into the router a desktop PC using Ethernet cable

which I consider my "main" PC, and a laptop using wireless. Both run

XP MCE 2005.

The computer in question is a PC someone gave me, "home built", and

has a 533 MHz Celeron processor. However, I also tried 2 other 98 SE

machines also that I have lying around, but the current 533 Mhz one is

the fastest and best tech advanced of the three, so I'll try to keep

that one on my network.

The main problem I am having is, that sometimes it is connected to the

network with a green tray icon and the application says "running

smoothly", and sometimes the icon is red, and says "limited or no

connection", or sometimes the icon reverts to no color, just the base

icon with no "radiation" coming from it. I get a solid 2 to 3 bars of

signal. It's just one minute I'm surfing fine, and then all of a

sudden, nothing. I'll then right click the red or bare icon and re-

connect, sometimes it does for a while and sometimes not.

It's a real bear installing the software for that adapter, usually

taking 2 or 3 installs and several reboots until it will try to

connect.

Also, even when the tray icon is green, I still can't connect to any

other networked PC's, and nothing shows up under Network Neighborhood,

except the default "Entire Network" designation, and upon clicking on

that gives an error that nothing can be accessed. With the other 2

PC's, I used to be able to access my other PC's, sometimes, but also

sometimes not, even with a green tray icon, and being able to access

the Net OK.

I'm tring to think if there was something I at one time may have

copied off the XP system and installed on the 98SE PC to help connect

or not, but even if I did, the other PC's connections were still

always "iffy" as I stated earlier.

This 98SE PC is just an extra PC I have in my garage, which is about

30 feet behind my house. I don't want to put anything "good" out there

that may get damaged. It's just a residential one and a half car

garage, part of which I put a stereo, TV, fridge, and the 98SE PC in,

where I can hang out with neighbors and friends during the summer.

Any help or advice appreciated. Do I maybe have a lemon USB network

adapter, or am I overlooking something in my router settings? I do

have the router. I do use a WPA-PSK [TKIP] security code. The Celeon

PC I'm trying now even has USB 2 instead`of the USB 1 the other two

have, so I don't think that's the issue. Thanks much,

Dan

July 14, 2008

Re: Networking trouble with wireless adapter

"DK1000" <dke3591@yahoo.com> wrote in message

news:dba0a24d-34fb-4307-9a09-d45a63d5af89@m44g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...

> Hi,

>

> I'm trying to integrate a Windows 98SE unit into my network, using a

> Belkin USB Wireless G Network Adapter model # F5D7050. (looks like a

> thumb drive) I'm using a Netgear WGT624 V3 router (uses both B and G).

> I also have hooked into the router a desktop PC using Ethernet cable

> which I consider my "main" PC, and a laptop using wireless. Both run

> XP MCE 2005.

>

> The computer in question is a PC someone gave me, "home built", and

> has a 533 MHz Celeron processor. However, I also tried 2 other 98 SE

> machines also that I have lying around, but the current 533 Mhz one is

> the fastest and best tech advanced of the three, so I'll try to keep

> that one on my network.

>

> The main problem I am having is, that sometimes it is connected to the

> network with a green tray icon and the application says "running

> smoothly", and sometimes the icon is red, and says "limited or no

> connection", or sometimes the icon reverts to no color, just the base

> icon with no "radiation" coming from it. I get a solid 2 to 3 bars of

> signal. It's just one minute I'm surfing fine, and then all of a

> sudden, nothing. I'll then right click the red or bare icon and re-

> connect, sometimes it does for a while and sometimes not.

>

> It's a real bear installing the software for that adapter, usually

> taking 2 or 3 installs and several reboots until it will try to

> connect.

>

> Also, even when the tray icon is green, I still can't connect to any

> other networked PC's, and nothing shows up under Network Neighborhood,

> except the default "Entire Network" designation, and upon clicking on

> that gives an error that nothing can be accessed. With the other 2

> PC's, I used to be able to access my other PC's, sometimes, but also

> sometimes not, even with a green tray icon, and being able to access

> the Net OK.

>

> I'm tring to think if there was something I at one time may have

> copied off the XP system and installed on the 98SE PC to help connect

> or not, but even if I did, the other PC's connections were still

> always "iffy" as I stated earlier.

>

> This 98SE PC is just an extra PC I have in my garage, which is about

> 30 feet behind my house. I don't want to put anything "good" out there

> that may get damaged. It's just a residential one and a half car

> garage, part of which I put a stereo, TV, fridge, and the 98SE PC in,

> where I can hang out with neighbors and friends during the summer.

>

> Any help or advice appreciated. Do I maybe have a lemon USB network

> adapter, or am I overlooking something in my router settings? I do

> have the router. I do use a WPA-PSK [TKIP] security code. The Celeon

> PC I'm trying now even has USB 2 instead`of the USB 1 the other two

> have, so I don't think that's the issue. Thanks much,

Curious, how are you using WPA, when all the specs I have found for that wireless

adapter state it only supports WEP?

Example:

BELKIN F5D7050 IEEE 802.11b/g USB 2.0 Wireless G Network Adapter Up to 54Mbps

64/128-Bit WEP

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833314011

Which driver version for the Belkin F5D7050 wireless adapter are you using? I see

there are different versions, depending on the FCC ID# for the adapter.

Belkin : Support : F5D7050 Drivers

http://www.belkin.com/support/article/?lid=en&aid=5381

Does it work if you use WEP?

Do you have all the required networking components installed in Control Panel>

Network?

Have you tried adding the computer to the same Workgroup as the other computers?

--

Glen Ventura, MS MVP Windows, A+

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August 23, 2008

RE: Networking trouble with wireless adapter

"DK1000" wrote: