Thanks for the advice Robert. I just never moved on beyond Windows 98se. I have installed the later versions of Windows on friends computers and I just prefer 98se after seeing the others. Linux is the only other os that interest me at the present. Please don't think I'm crazy for the 98se thing. I have an ethernet card somewhere around here, so I will give that a try. The only problem is that the dsl router is on the other side of the house. I will have to do a little measuring to see how many feet of cable I will need. According to Bellsouth, Windows 98se should not even be working with the equipment they provided me with, because the drivers were for later Windows operating systems. Thanks again.
--- In [email protected], Robert C Wittig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Bruce C. Reavis wrote: > > I have a pc running Window 98se and dual booting with Fedora Core 5. I > > can't get my network running. This is the second computer. It is > > networked with another computer running Windows 98se by a Netopia 3D > > Reach usb stick. I have read that wireless can be a problem with > > linux. Is this true? Can someone give me a lead as to which way to > > look for help. I am new to Linux and I have read a lot on different > > websites concerning wireless and I have totally confused myself. Is > > there another solution to my problem like changing the way I network > > these two computers, that would be more friendly to the linux os. thanks. > > > > Windows 98se is pretty old... you can't even download security patches > for it anymore. You might want to consider picking up a cheap copy of > Windows 2000 on eBay (or at a garage sale)... it still offers full > updates. > > What do you mean, precisely, by 'I can't get my network running'. > > Is either operating system able to connect to the Internet? > > In Linux, you should always check to see if a piece of hardware that > is not working, is supported by the distribution you are using. If the > 'Netopia 3D Reach usb stick' is not supported by FC5, that is your > problem. > > Try Googling something like: > > Netopia 3D Reach USB Linux > > ...and see if you get any hits. > > Personally, I don't use wireless, I just use good old CAT 5 cable for > my 9 machine LAN. > > > -- > -wittig http://www.robertwittig.com/ > http://robertwittig.net/ > http://robertwittig.org/ > . > To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
