Wireless NetWorking between 98 & XP

[niladri chatterjee]

I have an (OLD) 98 and a (NEW) XP Pro. I need to connect
wireless set up between the two, But, the 'Linksys
Wireless Router' requires at least Windows 98SE.

How do I upgrade my Windows 98 to Windows 98SE ?

All my data is in my old 98 machine. I need to access
from my new XP machine.

Please consider this very urgent.
-niladri

[hawk]

Upgrade to Win98se.

hawk

niladri chatterjee wrote:

> I have an (OLD) 98 and a (NEW) XP Pro. I need to connect
> wireless set up between the two, But, the 'Linksys
> Wireless Router' requires at least Windows 98SE.
>
> How do I upgrade my Windows 98 to Windows 98SE ?
>
> All my data is in my old 98 machine. I need to access
> from my new XP machine.
>
> Please consider this very urgent.
> -niladri

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

In article >, "niladri
chatterjee" > wrote:
>I have an (OLD) 98 and a (NEW) XP Pro. I need to connect
>wireless set up between the two, But, the 'Linksys
>Wireless Router' requires at least Windows 98SE.
>
>How do I upgrade my Windows 98 to Windows 98SE ?
>
>All my data is in my old 98 machine. I need to access
>from my new XP machine.
>
>Please consider this very urgent.
>-niladri

Despite what Linksys says, I don't think that you need to upgrade
Windows 98 to Windows 98SE.

The old computer should work fine with the wireless router using a
wired Ethernet connection from the computer's network card to one of
the router's LAN ports.

If you want to use a wireless connection between the old computer and
the wireless router, you can get a wireless network adapter that works
with original Windows 98. I've used these models successfully:

USB: Netgear MA101
Cardbus: Netgear MA401, Microsoft MN-520, SMC2635W

The SMC2635W installation program says that the card won't work, but
it installed and worked successfully in my tests.

According to their web pages, these adapters should work on original
Windows 98, too:

USB: Netgear MA111
Cardbus: Orinoco Classic Gold PC Card
PCI: Netgear MA311, Orinoco 11b
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[Gerry Voras]

Do you have a WAP? If so, set both PC's to "infrastructure" networking and
turn on file/print sharing.

"niladri chatterjee" > wrote in message
...
> I have an (OLD) 98 and a (NEW) XP Pro. I need to connect
> wireless set up between the two, But, the 'Linksys
> Wireless Router' requires at least Windows 98SE.
>
> How do I upgrade my Windows 98 to Windows 98SE ?
>
> All my data is in my old 98 machine. I need to access
> from my new XP machine.
>
> Please consider this very urgent.
> -niladri