jonnyquest

This is a machine I just picked up recently, and my first brush with NT. NT is too foreign to me, so any perceived stability gain/loss vs 98SE is not that big a deal.

Thanks everyone for the prompt replies. @duffy98: I'll take some time to digest your very thorough post. @submix8c/jaclaz: I've found NT to be very un-useful. It doesn't do USB. And my wireless PCcard doesn't have NT software available. In general there are more helps and tips available for 98SE issues and problems. So, I plan to reformat my HDD and install 98SE only. Am I overlooking any reason to keep the NT installed? I just need to sort out why the HDD is partitioned as a 2GB FAT partition and an 8GB NTFS partition and a 141MB 'unknown' partition. Is there some laptop-specific stuff tucked away somewhere in one of those partitions?

I have an old Dell Latitude CpxJ laptop, with factory-installed Windows NT4, and want to change the OS to Win98SE. I have the Dell restore CD(Windows NT), and a Dell drivers CD, and a 98SE install CD. Would also like to do all the various 98SE updates/fixes/etc. found in this forum. What is the best/recommended/smoothest way to convert to 98SE? Thanks!

I tried 4.90.3000 to solve a problem installing a WLAN card into a 98SE laptop. It fixed the install problem, but now I cannot ping the router. I'm gettting no error messages, and all indications are card is working properly, TCP/IP settings are correct, and wireless communication with Linksys router is happening with strong signal. Could ndis.vxd 4.90.3000 in a 98SE box cause a problem so sneaky? Or would it cause a more obvious and dramatic problem? From reading this thread, when people say "ME version doesn't work in 98SE setup", what is the nature of the problems encountered? Also, is there a version of NDIS.VXD between 4.10.2225(98SE) and 4.90.3000(ME) ?

Router IP Address: 192.168.1.1 DHCP Range: 192.168.1.100-->192.168.1.149 DNS servers: 205.166.61.160 205.166.61.140 Can't ipconfig laptop right now; wireless card is uninstalled. But I checked before, and all entries match the above, except laptop IP address was set to 192.168.1.150 Will post ipconfig later.

Thanks for your help thus far. I've been reading and researching but no breakthrough yet; nontheless I'm gaining more understanding of how everything should work, when all components function correctly. I changed the laptop settings and asssigned it a static IP address, taking care to avoid overlapping the router's DHCP range of addresses. Still no success on internet connection. Response is "Cannot find server or DNS Error" The laptop cannot ping the router. The laptop can ping itself, which supposedly means TCP/IP is functioning properly; I read that somewhere. So, as I see it, the suspects are: 1-bad wireless transmission 2-bad Dynex driver/configuration software 3-wireless card is defective 4-Win98SE software troubles The Dynex configuration utility says wireless transmission is good. Can I believe it? Is there another way to confirm it? The laptop "Device Manager" tells me the Dynex card is working properly. Can I believe it? Is there another way to confirm it? The ping comand tells me TCP/IP is functining properly. Can I believe it? Is there another way to confirm it? I continue to work on the problem. Any ideas/suggestions are still welcome.

Using my desktop PC, I went to 192.168.1.1 and see configuration page of Linksys router. The "DHCP Server" section shows "Enable" button selected.

Thanks cluberti for superfast reply! Result of ipconfig /all : Windows 98 IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . : E0K1Z6 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast NetBIOS Scope ID. . . . . . : IP Routing Enabled. . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . : No NetBIOS Resolution Uses DNS : No 0 Ethernet adapter : Description . . . . . . . . : Dynex Wireless Enhanced G NB Card - DX-WGPNBC Physical Address. . . . . . : 00-14-A5-CB-5A-17 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes IP Address. . . . . . . . . : 169.254.147.158 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . : DHCP Server . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255 Primary WINS Server . . . . : Secondary WINS Server . . . : Lease Obtained. . . . . . . : 02 29 08 11:15:23 AM Lease Expires . . . . . . . :

I (finally) have successful wireless connection between my laptop and router. Devices are Dynex WGPNBC PcCard and Linksys WRT54GS Router. Also have a desktop computer with wire connection to the Linksys. The desktop connects to internet OK; has been working OK for months. My brother installed the Linksys in order to use his notebook wirelessly when he visits me. We verified everything including wireless internet on his notebook. No configuration changes have been made to the Linksys since the initial installation. My notebook is IBM380XD with Win98SE. Newly-installed Dynex WLAN card functions OK; Win98SE Device Manager recognizes Dynex PcCard by name says "This device is working properly". The Dynex configuration application shows that wireless connection has been established between Linksys and Dynex. The "Power" and "Link" LED's are both illuminated on the Dynex PCcard. Signal strength 83%. Network name (my brother created the name) is correct. WirelessG w/WPA. Entered password. Everything looks good. But Internet Explorer says "page unavailable" when I try to connect to internet. I am a networking newbie, but here are some info that may be relevant or not. My installed Network Components are TCP/IP, and 'Client for MS networks'. The Dynex userguide says install IPX/SPX and NETBEUI protocol, but I didn't install, because my limited research says these protocols are for communication among computers on the network, and not involved with internet connection. Could this prevent internet connection? Also, browsing through Network Components I find 'IEEE 802.1X' (provider is MDC) protocol on the menu. Do I need to install it for internet connection? I try to keep unnecessary things to a minimum on this very basic computer. http://dynexproducts.com/skins/skin_1/topi..._UserManual.pdf is userguide for the Dynex card, with details about how to change configurations. OK maybe too much information or not enough information. Any help is greatly appreciated. I don't know what to do next, or even where should I be tweaking things, or is this beyond Win98SE capability? Thanks !!