edgestrato
Technical User
Attempted to upgrade W98SE (ibm thinkpad a22p) to XP Pro. Have been surfing dsl over wireless network from ibm with orinoco gold pcmcia card to netgear mr814 router with no probs. (Host running xp plugged into router. 'nuther machine hardwired to router running ME; all work great.)
I got the network working (eventually), but was unable to connect to the internet (dsl). Even dialing a modem connection directly to my isp, the connection would establish, I was clearly online, but the browser or other net based software could not get online. It was as if the machine couldn't "find" the connection --weird!
After initially installing xp without difficulty, I checked the ip address of the orinoco tcp/ip and it did not match what the netgear router had set for me, which i presumed was why I couldn't see the network. i manually set the tcp/ip and changed the configuration in xp to manual, specifying that this tcp/ip would always be the same. At that point the network worked perfectly. but still couldn't surf!
Saw somewhere the orinoco software messed up xp, so uninstalled. By that time the whole os was not working right so i uninstalled it, and am just looking for guidance before I try again!
btw, also have a toshiba laptop (work machine/xp home ed) which I brought home, popped the orincoo into and let xp install the driver (no orinoco software at all), and never have a problem connecting with this machine. (This machine is set for the orinoco to obtain an ip dynamically, but I can't see what the ip is...)
Sorry for the length -- any help greatly appreciated... edge
I got the network working (eventually), but was unable to connect to the internet (dsl). Even dialing a modem connection directly to my isp, the connection would establish, I was clearly online, but the browser or other net based software could not get online. It was as if the machine couldn't "find" the connection --weird!
After initially installing xp without difficulty, I checked the ip address of the orinoco tcp/ip and it did not match what the netgear router had set for me, which i presumed was why I couldn't see the network. i manually set the tcp/ip and changed the configuration in xp to manual, specifying that this tcp/ip would always be the same. At that point the network worked perfectly. but still couldn't surf!
Saw somewhere the orinoco software messed up xp, so uninstalled. By that time the whole os was not working right so i uninstalled it, and am just looking for guidance before I try again!
btw, also have a toshiba laptop (work machine/xp home ed) which I brought home, popped the orincoo into and let xp install the driver (no orinoco software at all), and never have a problem connecting with this machine. (This machine is set for the orinoco to obtain an ip dynamically, but I can't see what the ip is...)
Sorry for the length -- any help greatly appreciated... edge