Broadband on Windows 98

DonnyDave

JohalaReewi wrote:

For Win98 to use wireless networking, you just need a wireless network card with Win98 drivers. Some cards will only support Win98SE and above but you see them advertised on the web as Win98 (not Win98SE)

Thanks for JohalaReewi, that's what I thought.

DonnyDave

Just flicked through computer magazine and found Savastore has Belkin 54g Wireless Desktop PCI card for £19.98 inc vat. It says it works with Windows 98 and 98SE. Seems a reasonable price to pay, although it's not a pre-N one. But then again, it's mainly gonna be used for internet access, so it's way faster than the broadband connection.

JohalaReewi

I used one of those on Win98SE so it works with that OS. Didn't try it on WIn98 coz I had already upgraded to SE by then. Signal strength from the Belkin 54g card was pretty feeble though so it went back and I used a Dlink 54g card instead.

The Dlink cards definitely need WIn98SE. When I was on Win98, I bought a Dlink 11b wireless card which was advertised as WIn98. It didn't work and Dlink support said it needed win98SE minimum.