On 5/13/19 3:56 PM, Charles via cctalk wrote:
Thanks for the tips. The reason I’m not using Ethernet cable is because
the Vintage Computer Room (where this PC resides) is on the 2nd floor
around a couple of corners, and my DSL modem/router and unfiltered phone
line are in the 1st floor study. Would take a long run and some
drilling, or duct taping it to the banister and hoping the dog and cats
don’t eat it ;)
However, after finally giving up on the wireless cards... I realized
that I had a simple Linksys LNE100TX Ethernet card in the PC junk pile.
I installed that (it was recognized by 98SE and the drivers worked first
time too), then brought my laptop upstairs and set it up as a bridge.
That works, but is clumsy and requires another computer.
So you turned your laptop into a gaming adapter.
My next idea was to find a wireless device to connect to the Ethernet
card. I found out about WLAN, bridging, and most importantly, that many
models of router can be reflashed with dd-wrt software, and act as the
bridge I needed! Also in the closet was a Linksys E1200 router, which is
one of the models supported by dd-wrt. So I flashed it and hooked it up.
You turned the Linksys into a gaming adapter.
After a bit of struggle (incomplete directions but I managed to fill in
the missing pieces) I now have wireless network and Internet access on
the old machine :)
You could have installed a gaming adapter, opened the web page,
connected it to the wireless and been done.
Incidentally, PUTR now works perfectly since I’m running 98SE/DOS.
Ya.
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Grant. . . .
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