I use 3 com stuff I think the other brands I toss in a box in the warehouse. later 3 com stuff auto finds etc works fine... lats a long time! ( paint it grey and It will not rust ) Ed# In a message dated 5/13/2019 3:39:15 PM US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk@classiccmp.org writes: On 5/13/19 3:56 PM, Charles via cctalk wrote: > Thanks for the tips. The reason I’m not using Ethernet cable is because > the Vintage Computer Room (where this PC resides) is on the 2nd floor > around a couple of corners, and my DSL modem/router and unfiltered phone > line are in the 1st floor study. Would take a long run and some > drilling, or duct taping it to the banister and hoping the dog and cats > don’t eat it ;) > > However, after finally giving up on the wireless cards... I realized > that I had a simple Linksys LNE100TX Ethernet card in the PC junk pile. > I installed that (it was recognized by 98SE and the drivers worked first > time too), then brought my laptop upstairs and set it up as a bridge. > That works, but is clumsy and requires another computer.
So you turned your laptop into a gaming adapter. > My next idea was to find a wireless device to connect to the Ethernet > card. I found out about WLAN, bridging, and most importantly, that many > models of router can be reflashed with dd-wrt software, and act as the > bridge I needed! Also in the closet was a Linksys E1200 router, which is > one of the models supported by dd-wrt. So I flashed it and hooked it up. You turned the Linksys into a gaming adapter. > After a bit of struggle (incomplete directions but I managed to fill in > the missing pieces) I now have wireless network and Internet access on > the old machine :) You could have installed a gaming adapter, opened the web page, connected it to the wireless and been done. > Incidentally, PUTR now works perfectly since I’m running 98SE/DOS. Ya. -- Grant. . . . unix || die
