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From: 98 Guy on 23 Feb 2010 21:53 Ed wrote: > Can you give me example? My PC does not have ethernet.. Do yourself a favor and install a PCI ethernet card. They are dirt cheap. You can practically find used ones in garbage dumpsters. Go to you local small computer shop and ask for a used ethernet card. Odds are they will just give it to you. If they're pricks, they'll charge you $5. There hasn't been a PCI ethernet card made that didn't have win-98 drivers. Even giga-byte-speed (10/100/1000) cards.
From: Ed on 2 Mar 2010 07:15 On 23/02/10 13:26, Auric__ wrote: > On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:44:47 GMT, Ed wrote: > >> Am running windows 98SE. >> >> Looking for compatible high speed modem/router. Any suggestions? > > Best bet would be to get the kind that works via ethernet, a.k.a. a normal > "high speed modem". Those can be used on literally any computer with a > network adapter. (Connecting via USB or whatever is non-standard.) > Thanks Auric.. I followed your advice... I got myself a Belkin PCI ethernet card. Installed it with no problems. I also contacted my ISP and they sent me a new modem/router (Thompson TG585 v7) for free (apart from a few quid for P&P} which again, I installed with no bothers. So, I connect it all up with Ethernet cable and it all runs. Brilliant eh!! The modem/router has wireless functionality but I've not been able to try that out yet cos I don't have a wireless pc/laptop or nothing. Even so, I got a mate come and visit me next weekend with his wireless laptop so we will play around together with that and hopefully get it to work, I may not have the best kit installed here. Nevertheless, it's been all been relatively cheap and it allows me to experiment and progress on a bit.. Windows 98 is still a goer !! Eh?? So now I wonder what would e a GOOD wireless modem/router and usb wireless adapter to go for? Any advice from you (or anyone) would be most welcome. as I am still learning. Ed
From: 98 Guy on 2 Mar 2010 08:50 Ed wrote: > I may not have the best kit installed here. > > So now I wonder what would e a GOOD wireless modem/router and usb > wireless adapter to go for? Broadband modems are usually supplied by the ISP and are generally not scored on any scale (they either work or they don't). So don't get all bent out of shape that you might not have the "best" modem, router, etc. As you are just now getting into that game, it's doubtful that you'll ever use or seek out the more sophisticated reatures or settings that would require you to drill down into technical details where differences between units become important. The same is generally true for a lot of networking hardware. I doubt you'll find any definitive guide that will score all wireless interfaces or devices on a scale that you'd find useful or relevant.
From: Ed on 2 Mar 2010 12:49 On 02/03/10 13:50, 98 Guy wrote: > Ed wrote: > >> I may not have the best kit installed here. >> >> So now I wonder what would e a GOOD wireless modem/router and usb >> wireless adapter to go for? > > Broadband modems are usually supplied by the ISP and are generally not > scored on any scale (they either work or they don't). So don't get all > bent out of shape that you might not have the "best" modem, router, > etc. As you are just now getting into that game, it's doubtful that > you'll ever use or seek out the more sophisticated reatures or settings > that would require you to drill down into technical details where > differences between units become important. > > The same is generally true for a lot of networking hardware. I doubt > you'll find any definitive guide that will score all wireless interfaces > or devices on a scale that you'd find useful or relevant. So, where do I go on from here to get some decent gear? What would you recommend? Ed
From: 98 Guy on 2 Mar 2010 23:20
Ed wrote: > So, where do I go on from here to get some decent gear? What would > you recommend? Tell me exactly why you think that the gear you have right now is not doing the job for ya. Why do you think that the gear you have is not decent? Are you still talking only about your modem and network gear? |