Will Windows 98 work with Netgear WG111 router

[barney08]

I have windows xp installed on my main computer and would like to network it up to my old computer which is running windows 98 (not SE). I purchased a netgear DG384G router and WG111 USB adapter kit. The router is working fine on the XP computer, however the old computer with win 98 and the USB adapter is not connecting even though it looks like the adapter has installed okay. I have read that there may be compatability problems with this adapter and windows 98, although and not 100% sure of this. Does anyone if there are any other drivers I could download. I suppose my other alternative is to upgrade windows 98, however the version of windows xp I have came with my new dell computer so I presume would not be transferable to my old computer. Could anyone advise please!

[johnwill]

I don't know about the USB adapter and W98, but you should be able to get a PCI connector working with it.

[collagraJean]

After a small amount of trouble, I have configured my Win 98 laptop to use
Netgear WG111v2 wireless modem to connect to my wireless router. I used
the driver from the CD that came with the modem, following the instructions and
got to the point, after rebooting a couple of times, where I was connected to the
router, but could not reach another computer on my network (or the outside world).

I double-clicked on the wireless model icon in the system tray and noticed that,
on the NetGear SMART WIZARD panel, the WEP key was set to use the
"Create from passphrase" option, even though I supplied the already generated key (the
hex numbers) during installation of the modem. (The modem was using the key
as a passphrase to create another key.)

To fix this, on the SMART WIZARD panel, I
selected the "Enter key manually" option and, er, entered the hex key (the one
the router/access point uses for security) manually.
I hit "Apply" on the Wizard and, lo and behold, I was pinging the rest of my network.

I rebooted one more time (I had some leftover bad settings in my "Network Connection"
TCP/IP entry for the WG111 connection; I reset them before the reboot
to allow my network to automatically assign an address) and I was then able
to view my favorite site (bythestadium) from my favorite browser (firefox)

[johnwill]

What's the question?

[collagraJean]

No question. I had found this site/thread late last night as I was looking for
information on how to get my WG111 working on Windows 98. I figured
out what my issue was and wanted to share it on this thread.

Upon further review, I see that my solution will not resolve Barney's
problem (he's running non-SE 98). Maybe it will help someone else having
WG111 problems on Win98 though.

[johnwill]

OK, just wondered, I couldn't figure out what the issue was.