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wi-Fi R US - 30 Aug 2005 14:01 GMT

I have a W98SE PC connected with a NIC thru a Linksys WRT54G router to an ISP
cable modem. and was been working fine.
Recently, I mistakenly removed the W98 VPN network adapter from CONTROL
PANEL-SYSTEM - DEVICE _ HARDWARE MANAGER without first removing VPN from
CONTROL PANEL-SYSTEM-ADD or REMOVE PROGRAMS.

I Re-installed VPN but now I can not see my routers IP address nor can I
release and renew the IP address using winipcfg or ipconfig. I can PING my
computer to verify that I have TCP/IP and have checked arp - a which says
that my cache is empty.

Do I need to re-install W98SE or can I get myself out of this mess in an
easier way?

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CJT - 30 Aug 2005 14:40 GMT

> I have a W98SE PC connected with a NIC thru a Linksys WRT54G router to an ISP
> cable modem. and was been working fine.
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> Do I need to re-install W98SE or can I get myself out of this mess in an
> easier way?

Is the machine still getting its IP address via DHCP?

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wi-Fi R US - 30 Aug 2005 15:04 GMT

I will have to check when I get home tonight . I also remember that there
was no Tx LED activity from computer at RJ 45 plug on NIC but there is
activity (blinking) from router.

> > I have a W98SE PC connected with a NIC thru a Linksys WRT54G router to an ISP
> > cable modem. and was been working fine.
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>
> Is the machine still getting its IP address via DHCP?

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wi-Fi R US - 31 Aug 2005 13:28 GMT

I found out what the problem was. I had a dial up adapter that had a
conflicting IRQ. I disabled it.

> I will have to check when I get home tonight . I also remember that there
> was no Tx LED activity from computer at RJ 45 plug on NIC but there is
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> >
> > Is the machine still getting its IP address via DHCP?

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