> Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 12 May 2019 17:41:24 -0500 > From: "Charles" <charlesmorris...@centurytel.net> > To: "cctalk digest" <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Subject: Network cards and Win98SE > Message-ID: <4F49BB9C660F44B8B67371D3BAB651AA@CharlesDellLap> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > I have tried for two days to get wireless networking running on my old PC > under Win 98SE, so I can use PUTR without a separate partition or boot. XP > is on an 8.4 GB drive. 98SE is on an older 540 MB drive. > > There are two network cards (a Netgear WPN311 with Atheros chipset, and > an > Encore ENWLI-G2 with Realtek 8185 chip) and neither will work with > Win98SE. > I have tried the manufacturer's drivers, Atheros drivers, Realtek drivers... > none of it works. The Realtek driver installs but gives a fault in RUNDLL32. > > Netgear's website claims that the WPN311 can run under 98SE and later. > Some > sources for that driver package say it starts with XP. Although I would tend > to believe the manufacturer... > The same Netgear card in the same motherboard was working correctly with > the > XP drive. > > I even did a fresh install of 98SE. Then installed the WPN311 software, then > the card. Windows says the card is installed and working properly. > But the Netgear utility won't run (hangs, Task Manager showing wlancfg5 not > responding). That's usually because it can't see the card. > > Searching the net including various forums from years ago hasn't helped. > So I'm about to give up. Wasted enough hours on this. Back to XP with a DOS > partition for running PUTR. > Unless someone has a better idea :) > > thanks > Charles
Hi Charles, About 5 years ago I spent way too much time trying to sort out a PC platform that would meet my needs for disk imaging (ImageDisk), PUTR, network file transfers and ISA-based EPROM programmers. I eventually settled on a Pentium II bare motherboard, AHA-1522A SCSI card (for its floppy controller which supports single-density disks), CF card as a hard drive, FDADAP adapter (for 8" drives), a generic ISA network interface card, MSDOS 6.22, Norton Commander and Michael Brutman's mTCP package. With this setup I can run PUTR and ImageDisk without any Windows-related issues. File transfers to other computers are a breeze: mTCP includes an FTP server and I just run FileZilla on my Windows machines to connect to the MSDOS machine. Alternatively I can power down the MSDOS machine, and plug the CF card into a USB adapter and copy files that way instead. I appreciate these suggestions won't help if you need to have Win98 on the same machine for other reasons. Malcolm.
