Windows 95 the internet is not working

[Radovan]

Hello, please, how should I configure the network so that I can see at least the basic website? I can't configure it. Thank you Radovan

[awkduck]

The picture does not show everything, you have installed in network components. But if the TCP/IP protocol is not installed, you won't be able to browse the Internet. Once/if installed, you may have to configure a Static or Dynamic (DHCP) I.P. (and potentially the subnet) address. If I remember correct, you can do that by selecting properties on the TCP/IP protocol. In properties you can select and or set the IP address and acquisition mode. If you are using a static IP address, you will need to manually enter in a DNS, other wise text URLs will not return an numerical address for connection.

You may need to reboot. There is a way to acquire the address without reboot, but I don't know if those command line tools are installed by default; nor can I remember which one to use. I seem to remember Win95 having something other than the well know "IPCONFIG". But after rebooting, you can check the same properties, for a assigned dynamic address. There is no need to check for a static, since you assign it yourself. You can test for connectivity by using the command line tool "PING" (if installed). Commonly you ping your router and or modem; then aim for the internet, like pinging google. If you get a message like "host not reached" (or something similar) then you probably need to check you configuration. Otherwise, you should receive millisecond measurements of your ping's return.  

If anyone one remembers more about installing the command line network tools, please chime in. I remember my Win98se systems seemed to always install them. But my Win98FE, Win95A, and B didn't do so. I had to manually install them. And the different available command line tools (network) are getting fuzzy, in my memory. Mostly, the earlier network tools.

It might also be wise to find an older free copy of TCP Optimizer (compatible with Win9x), unless you know where and how to configure those things yourself. At the very least, search for an online guide for tuning the your system for modern internet speeds. Otherwise, even small downloads can seem painfully slow.

[defuser]

I didn't have to do anything on the 98FE - the network was always configured automatically (Connecting to the router by wire), without user input. But about TCPIPOptimizer is quite fair. Out of the box, the maximum speed was about 512KB, but it was also about the same on the 98SE. After the fix, the download speed of torrents becomes like in XP. True, I have a full proprietary driver package from Intel for the network card. It automatically installs drivers and pulls up all the necessary network system files (and, apparently, missing components), asks for the 98FE distribution. It also appears to be performing the configuration. The only thing is that the user is given a choice of which of the drivers included in the package should be used:

- Enchanced mode (32 bit and 16 bit) NDIS driver
- Real mode (16 bit) NDIS driver
- Real mode (16 bit) ODI driver

By default, the first one. And it usually works on compatible hardware, with a few exceptions. And if you have problems, you can switch to the second option, and then to the third (This depends on the overall curvature of the BIOS and available resources, interrupts, and so on). I've tested all three options and they all work well. You also have in the adapter settings (In the network components, in one of the lines "Realtek 8139...", in its properties, there should also be about the same choice). I can say that it was the first option (By default) that turned out to be the most capricious, in terms of compatibility with the new hardware (I had to dance a lot with tambourines to make it work fully), while the second and third worked flawlessly right away (Although they ate quite a lot of DOS memory, which they could not work out correctly some other large programs from auto-loading). Therefore, in the future, I had to make the first option work (Which does not consume DOS memory at all and works best, providing more fine-tuning of the network adapter). However, in everything else for the entire time of their use, there were no complaints (the Internet worked almost the same).

I won't say anything for 95, because I don't know, I didn't have any cases. But it should also have such a choice:

Try switching over (You will need to insert the CD into the drive and reboot).