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Windows Forum / Windows 98 / Networking / October 2006NIC for 98SE - recommendations?
We're looking to finally get DSL on our home computer (98SE, PCI 2.1). I've done a lot of reading in this group about problems folks have had installing NICs on 98SE, so I was wondering if anyone had recommendations of NICs that install with minimal pain. We're not running a network at home. Just adding DSL to one computer. Any help/guidance would be appreciated. IndyBass >We're looking to finally get DSL on our home computer (98SE, PCI 2.1). >I've done a lot of reading in this group about problems folks have had [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >IndyBass For 98SE, I recommend D-Link DFE-530TX+, Belkin F5D5000, and Netgear FA311. I've had so much trouble with Linksys NICs that I won't use or recommend them for any version of Windows. > We're looking to finally get DSL on our home computer (98SE, PCI 2.1). > I've done a lot of reading in this group about problems folks have had [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > IndyBass I have used Linksys, Intel & D-Link cards at one time or another. I currently use Linksys NICs in 4 machines, 3-W98se, 1-W2000P. Just 'OnSale', no other reason. The install for the W98s all had some hangup. My solution is to try the install from the floppy. When that fails, Copy the .sys file to %windows%/system and the .inf file to %windows%/Inf/Other. Then in Device manager choose the NIC(!) and in Properties choose Update Driver. (the NIC will have an ! with the notation that it is not working. ....Duh....) Select the option that lets you choose from a list of Drivers. The new NIC driver will now be one of the ones displayed. Select it and OK your way out. When you Reboot it should now be working. One other thing. My machines are old enough to have provision for Legacy PCI cards. Even tho all of the ones I mentioned above are PnP I set the card slot for the NIC to Legacy before installing and use IRQ either 10 or 11. This way all other devices, PnP or not, don't mess w/ the NIC. Afterwards check the manuf webpage to insure that the latest driver was the one you installed and if not d/l and upgrade using the above proceedure in DMgr. Thanks much for the advice so far. How do you do what you've described below (setting the card slot to Legacy)? The computer in question was built in 1991. > One other thing. My machines are old enough to have provision for Legacy > PCI cards. Even tho all of the ones I mentioned above are PnP I set the > card slot for the NIC to Legacy before installing and use IRQ either 10 or > 11. This way all other devices, PnP or not, don't mess w/ the NIC. How do you know the computer was built in 1991? Very few if any computers built in 1991 can run Windows 98.  SignatureGary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User > Thanks much for the advice so far. How do you do what you've described > below (setting the card slot to Legacy)? [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > card slot for the NIC to Legacy before installing and use IRQ either 10 or > > 11. This way all other devices, PnP or not, don't mess w/ the NIC. Yikes! I meant 2001. Sorry. > How do you know the computer was built in 1991? Very few if any computers > built in 1991 can run Windows 98. I've got the D-Link DFE-530TX+ on the way. The dlink web page has a Win98 driver for this card, too, so we'll see how it goes. drop on back if you problems :> > I've got the D-Link DFE-530TX+ on the way. The dlink web page has a > Win98 driver for this card, too, so we'll see how it goes. Well, the first problem has been in just getting drivers installed. All the documentation strongly recommends installing the driver before installing the hardware, so I started with the CD that was included with the card. The install program didn't auto-load, so I started with the "Run" command, and ran the .exe from my first CD drive. The drive spun up, but the installer window never came up, and the computer eventually locked. Task Manager told me that "Demo32" was not responding, so I ended that task and tried again. The next time the computer locked for good, and I had to do a hard restart. On restart, I tried the CD in my second CD drive (which is a newer drive, if that matters). Still no auto-load. I used the "Run" command again, and this time, the installer came up. I clicked on "Install Drivers", heard the drive spin up, and then nothing. I was able to exit out of the installer. I started it again, clicked "Install Drivers" again, and locked the machine up this time. On restart, I now resorted to the floppy disk where I had saved the "WIN98" driver that I had downloaded from the DLINK web site a few days ago. This was a self-extracting .EXE, which I extracted just fine to a folder. I used the "Run" command to run the installer, and got an "Exec Fail" dialoge box, with an "OK" button. So, there I am. Any thoughts on how to get the driver installed would be appreciated. I've tinkered a bit more with this. I tried to follow Brodick's advice, and copied the .sys and .inf files to their respective locations. I installed the NIC, displayed the driver list and found the right manufacturer and model, and pointed the Wizard to the WIN98 subfolder of the temp folder that I extracted the DLINK website driver to. The wizard said that there was an error in the driver installation, but then went on to prompt me to restart the system. On restart, Device Manager shows the device properly as the "D-Link DFE-530TX+ PCI Adapter". Under "Device status", it tells me that "This device is working properly", but I also see "Manufacturer: None specified" and "Hardware version: Not available". Seems like it should have something listed there if the install was really successful. Under the "Driver" tab, the "Provider:" and "Date:" fields are blank, and the message is that "No driver files are required or have been loaded for this device". The "Resources" tab shows no conflicts in the Conflicting device list. When I run winipcfg, the only device in the pulldown list is the "PPP Adapter". So, is this thing installed correctly or not? Is there any way to tell before we call the DSL provider and get all that set up? |
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