Dblake1 Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 (edited) I have recently accquired a laptop. i have also obtained a Linksys Instant Wireless (7th pic down) PC Card. I have tried Numerous times to get it to work, but it just won't. Could someone help me plz?Laptop Specs:Toshiba Tecra 700 CT - [picture]Intel Pentium Processor @ 110 MHZ16MB RAMMicrosoft Windows 98SE with Revolutions Pack 7 on a 2GB Fugitsu HDD Edited May 12, 2008 by Dblake1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idisjunction Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 Are you sure you're installing the correct driver? There appear to have been four different revisions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dblake1 Posted May 2, 2008 Author Share Posted May 2, 2008 it installs correctly, with no errors. it just won't work. it shows up in Network too. but when i try to browse the internet, it doesn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chillinfart Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 A 1994 notebook using wind*ws 98? XXXXXXXIT!!!!Bad news brother, your notebook doesn't supports CardBus. Then, you cannot use wi-fi cards(well, most of 1996 and early 1997 notebooks doesn't support it. If you hear the odissey that i lived with my powerbook 3400 trying to force a usb card to work with it-and i did it-.)But you can try it. Connect a pcmcia ethernet card to a wi-fi router(belkin offers small adapters). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRedFox Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 My Armada 110 laptop does have Cardbus compatibility, however, for whatever reason, the wireless card it came with (that I use) is a non-cardbus PCMCIA card.Compaq WL110 PC card. look around for it. I can maybe upload the drivers. assuming it's legal and I can find them. The card supports 802.11a and b standards or whatever they're called, and it doesn't have great range or anything, but it works if you're not picky.how large is your Hard Drive Disk? out of curiosity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dblake1 Posted May 12, 2008 Author Share Posted May 12, 2008 the hard disk is 2GB. and it only has 16MB ram...but it only uses ~8% on startup...even with RP7 installed, which is cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRedFox Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 the hard disk is 2GB. and it only has 16MB ram...but it only uses ~8% on startup...even with RP7 installed, which is coolthat's pretty epic. Windows 98se is magical that way. I'm astonished by the low system requirements, and high level of useability. same with Windows 95. actually even more so with Win95 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dblake1 Posted May 12, 2008 Author Share Posted May 12, 2008 (edited) i know...it only has a 110MHZ processor too...its kinda slow, but it works at least. and XP wont work on it (obviously) Edited May 12, 2008 by Dblake1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRedFox Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 i know...it only has a 110MHZ processor too...its kinda slow, but it works at least. and XP wont work on it (obviously)it's probably largely because of like all the security and stability stuff in NT versions. the file privelages and whatnot. Takes up alot of space.did you search the Compaq card? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dblake1 Posted May 13, 2008 Author Share Posted May 13, 2008 it just wont work...it wont even boot from CD, which proves that XP won't run on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRedFox Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 it just wont work...it wont even boot from CD, which proves that XP won't run on ityeah. XP is a huge operating system compared to 98se. so are, unfortunately, most modern versions of linux. even the lighter ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dblake1 Posted May 14, 2008 Author Share Posted May 14, 2008 (edited) if I were to put linux on it, what version should i get? Edited May 14, 2008 by Dblake1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigmax Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 it installs correctly, with no errors. it just won't work. it shows up in Network too. but when i try to browse the internet, it doesn't work.In my experience, these have often been quite 'tricky' to configure - not difficult, but very 'hit and miss'. Can you give a bit more detail as to what's not working? (Can it see the network? Is it aquiring an IP address?). Did you install 'exactly' as per the User Guide on the Linksys website? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRedFox Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 I'm almost positive that the problem would be in the lack of compatibility for cardbus PC cards in old laptops. look for the Compaq card, or another older PCMCIA card that doesn't use cardbus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dblake1 Posted May 19, 2008 Author Share Posted May 19, 2008 (edited) look for the Compaq card, or another older PCMCIA card that doesn't use cardbusCould i have the model # off the card? Edited May 19, 2008 by Dblake1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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