WiFi PDMCIA Adapter for Win 98

[dph]

I have Win 98 installed on my old laptop. I installed a
new wireless LanReady PCMCIA WiFi 802.11b 2.4G card on my
machine. It came with RealTek 8101 software and
drivers. The card shows on the systray, but there is a
yellow exclamation on the device in the device manager.
the error code is code 2 and says "ndis.vxd and
ntkern.vxd cannot open the driver"...or something to that
effect. I have tried a couple of different drivers, I
have removed all of the other network adapters and then
reinstalled it. Nothing is getting rid of this error,
and hence the card isn't working. Is it possible to use
a WiFi card on win 98...if so, how do I get this
working. (By the way, the wireless network/router is
runing fine and the card works fine on my wife's newer
laptop running win 2000.)

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

In article >, "dph"
> wrote:
>I have Win 98 installed on my old laptop. I installed a
>new wireless LanReady PCMCIA WiFi 802.11b 2.4G card on my
>machine. It came with RealTek 8101 software and
>drivers. The card shows on the systray, but there is a
>yellow exclamation on the device in the device manager.
>the error code is code 2 and says "ndis.vxd and
>ntkern.vxd cannot open the driver"...or something to that
>effect. I have tried a couple of different drivers, I
>have removed all of the other network adapters and then
>reinstalled it. Nothing is getting rid of this error,
>and hence the card isn't working. Is it possible to use
>a WiFi card on win 98...if so, how do I get this
>working. (By the way, the wireless network/router is
>runing fine and the card works fine on my wife's newer
>laptop running win 2000.)

Does the documentation for the WiFi card say that it works with
Windows 98? Most cards require at least Windows 98 Second Edition.

I've used these cards on original Windows 98:

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 cards 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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[DPH]

>-----Original Message-----
>In article <2044101c4593d$849b3da0
>, "dph"
> wrote:
>>I have Win 98 installed on my old laptop. I installed
a
>>new wireless LanReady PCMCIA WiFi 802.11b 2.4G card on
my
>>machine. It came with RealTek 8101 software and
>>drivers. The card shows on the systray, but there is a
>>yellow exclamation on the device in the device
manager.
>>the error code is code 2 and says "ndis.vxd and
>>ntkern.vxd cannot open the driver"...or something to
that
>>effect. I have tried a couple of different drivers, I
>>have removed all of the other network adapters and then
>>reinstalled it. Nothing is getting rid of this error,
>>and hence the card isn't working. Is it possible to
use
>>a WiFi card on win 98...if so, how do I get this
>>working. (By the way, the wireless network/router is
>>runing fine and the card works fine on my wife's newer
>>laptop running win 2000.)
>
>Does the documentation for the WiFi card say that it
works with
>Windows 98? Most cards require at least Windows 98
Second Edition.
>
>I've used these cards on original Windows 98:
>
> 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 cards should work on
original
>Windows 98, too:
>
> USB: Netgear MA111
> Cardbus: Orinoco Classic Gold PC Card
> PCI: Netgear MA311, Orinoco 11b
>--
>Best Wishes,
>Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>
>Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news
group
>for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer
questions
>addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.
>
>Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - Windows Networking
>http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>
>Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ
>http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm
>.
>

Thanks, Steve. Yes, it does say Win 98SE...my mistake.
Luckily I only paid $13 for the card... and it does work
on my wife's laptop. I'll investigate the cards you
mentioned. One other question...is it worth upgrading to
Win 98 SE? It's a really old laptop, and I am wondering
if it is worth it.

thanks,
David