hi guys, just registered and in need of help, got a sony laptop running xp with built in wifi, and a pc with win 98se and just brought a belkin wifi 802.11g card for that pc, thing is can not get the 2 to link no matter what i try, have added and removed both cards software wise, removed windows networking and re added, tried removing tcp/ip etc and re adding, went though the winxp wizard and copied the settings into the belkin software but still nothing, i only want a peer to peer (think ad hock? wifi terms) and getting no where... do i need an AP? or am i missing something...??? One strange thing is that winxp says i cant connect to the network even though i set it up to run on that machine...?

Should i put xp on the windows 98 machine? Any help desperatly needed and apprechaited!!!!!!!

I personally have had poor experiences with BELKIN APs so I'm soured on them.

While XP supports peer-peer networking natively, WIN98SE does not, if fact its a 'Non-aware" OS from most networking standpoints. SO YES, upgrading it to XP would be required.

But, you first have to have sure the BELKIN supports peer-peer, not all devices do. I do not know that device but a call to their tech support will quickly tell you.

I'll assume you're you're setting SSID to same name (exactly) and WEP is off. Download Netstumber (free) at their site and run it. It'll show you what WIFI signals are in the area, what channel, SSID, etc.
Jim

To be fair to Belkin, they work no problem with win98 SE providing the two machines are set up properly, same channels, correct IPs... The Belkin help sheet should tell you how to set it up. Win98se also (I think) have a tutorial.

See http://www.wi-fitechnology.com/PRISM-3-card-and-WPA-Forum-110.html and http://www.wi-fitechnology.com/A-tricky-one-can-this-be-done-What-do-I-need -Forum-187.html

[Edited on 30/8/2008 by festprint]