Internet Wi-Fi Connectivity with W98

[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

 

[Don Phillipson]

"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)

 

[PeeDee]

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)
>
>
>

 

[Ingeborg]

=?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.

 

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

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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