Internet Wi-Fi Connectivity with W98

[Guest PeeDee]

I still have a ThinkPad 240, which is loaded with W98 and I prefer to carry

because this notebook is much lighter than my current ThinkPad, and still

does many things. However, it is my belief that the 240 cannot take advantage

of Wi-Fi environments here and there because W98 does not support that

technology, even if the 240 has an Internet card in its PC card slot.

 

Does anyone know if there is a way to download files or drivers (whatever)

to make W98 able to connect to the Internet using a Wi-Fi card, or some other

device, in the card slot?

 

Thanks

[Guest Don Phillipson]

Re: Internet Wi-Fi Connectivity with W98

 

"PeeDee" <PeeDee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:E1756BF5-CAF8-46F9-BF21-79999199C2CD@microsoft.com...

> I still have a ThinkPad 240, which is loaded with W98 and I prefer to

carry

> because this notebook is much lighter than my current ThinkPad, and still

> does many things. However, it is my belief that the 240 cannot take

advantage

> of Wi-Fi environments here and there because W98 does not support that

> technology, even if the 240 has an Internet card in its PC card slot.

>

> Does anyone know if there is a way to download files or drivers (whatever)

> to make W98 able to connect to the Internet using a Wi-Fi card, or some

other

> device, in the card slot?

 

WiFi Internet is available through either a laptop USB

device or a card in the laptop's slot. Both are usually

sold with drivers, if they require them. You may

have difficulty finding devices with Win98 drivers but

Win98 requires nothing further to connect by wireless.

 

--

Don Phillipson

Carlsbad Springs

(Ottawa, Canada)

[Guest PeeDee]

Re: Internet Wi-Fi Connectivity with W98

 

Thanks Don. Since posting my question, I've learned that a PC Wi-Fi card that

is accompanied by a CD-ROM with drivers for W98 will work just fine (I have

an external CD-ROM player). So far, however, I've only been able to find a

card that has drivers for W98SE (not W98, which is what I have), so I'm still

looking and hoping to find one for W98.

Cheers.

 

"Don Phillipson" wrote:

> "PeeDee" <PeeDee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:E1756BF5-CAF8-46F9-BF21-79999199C2CD@microsoft.com...

>

> > I still have a ThinkPad 240, which is loaded with W98 and I prefer to

> carry

> > because this notebook is much lighter than my current ThinkPad, and still

> > does many things. However, it is my belief that the 240 cannot take

> advantage

> > of Wi-Fi environments here and there because W98 does not support that

> > technology, even if the 240 has an Internet card in its PC card slot.

> >

> > Does anyone know if there is a way to download files or drivers (whatever)

> > to make W98 able to connect to the Internet using a Wi-Fi card, or some

> other

> > device, in the card slot?

>

> WiFi Internet is available through either a laptop USB

> device or a card in the laptop's slot. Both are usually

> sold with drivers, if they require them. You may

> have difficulty finding devices with Win98 drivers but

> Win98 requires nothing further to connect by wireless.

>

> --

> Don Phillipson

> Carlsbad Springs

> (Ottawa, Canada)

>

>

>

[Guest Ingeborg]

Re: Internet Wi-Fi Connectivity with W98

 

=?Utf-8?B?UGVlRGVl?= wrote:

> Thanks Don. Since posting my question, I've learned that a PC Wi-Fi

> card that is accompanied by a CD-ROM with drivers for W98 will work

> just fine (I have an external CD-ROM player). So far, however, I've

> only been able to find a card that has drivers for W98SE (not W98,

> which is what I have), so I'm still looking and hoping to find one for

> W98. Cheers.

>

 

I *think* a sitecom WL-170 will work on a W98, even with WPA. You can

download the driver here:

http://www.sitecom.com/drivers_result.php?groupid=5&productid=524

to see if it installs. If yes, it not expensive, I bought it for 7.95 Euro,

and have it running on a W98SE laptop. I tried it on a W95OSR2 laptop, but

failed. :(

[Guest J. P. Gilliver (John)]

Re: Internet Wi-Fi Connectivity with W98

 

In message <OMs0lzYMJHA.5428@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>, Don Phillipson

<e925@SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> writes

[]

>> does many things. However, it is my belief that the 240 cannot take

>advantage

>> of Wi-Fi environments here and there because W98 does not support that

[]

>WiFi Internet is available through either a laptop USB

>device or a card in the laptop's slot. Both are usually

>sold with drivers, if they require them. You may

>have difficulty finding devices with Win98 drivers but

>Win98 requires nothing further to connect by wireless.

>

I have been happily using a wireless card for some years. The OS is

98SElite - that's 98SE, but with a lot hacked out; I don't know if that

makes it anything like 98FE. FWIW, the card I have is "802.11b Wireless

LAN CardBus (Mini-)PCI NIC".

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