Reply 1 of 16, by squareguy
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Hey Phil,
Yes I have. I went to the support site of the one I have but it's not listed anymore and I cannot remember the model number off the top of my head. It's a generic USB chip AX????? but here is a similar one with Windows 98 support as well.
Gateway 2000 Case and 200-Watt PSU
Intel SE440BX-2 Motherboard
Intel Pentium III 450 CPU
Micron 384MB SDRAM (3x128)
Compaq Voodoo3 3500 TV Graphics Card
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card
Western Digital 7200-RPM, 8MB-Cache, 160GB Hard Drive
Windows 98 SE
Reply 2 of 16, by PhilsComputerLab
Reply 3 of 16, by KT7AGuy
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Reply 4 of 16, by PhilsComputerLab
Reply 5 of 16, by squareguy
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Lol I missed the WLAN part... oh well I was just thinking USB to Ethernet, sorry about that.
Gateway 2000 Case and 200-Watt PSU
Intel SE440BX-2 Motherboard
Intel Pentium III 450 CPU
Micron 384MB SDRAM (3x128)
Compaq Voodoo3 3500 TV Graphics Card
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card
Western Digital 7200-RPM, 8MB-Cache, 160GB Hard Drive
Windows 98 SE
Reply 6 of 16, by candle_86
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I had a Wireless B one back in 2004ish
Reply 7 of 16, by vetz
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I used a Cnet one back in 2002-2004 on my dads computer.
Reply 8 of 16, by KT7AGuy
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wrote:Awesome, thank you!
What speed do you get when copying files?
They suck. 🤣
However, they're probably just fine. I think it's just the way my apartment is laid out or maybe I've just positioned my router poorly. Probably both. Anyway, my HTPC with an N adapter is fine for streaming movies, etc, but even that sucks for transferring files. I've never been fond of transferring data over the network except as a matter of convenience. Even on a wired 100B-TX connection it's still too slow for my patience. I usually just put things on a USB hard drive and walk them over to where they need to go.
Back when I worked IT in an office, we called this a "picnic" problem: Problem In Chair, Not In Computer.
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Reply 10 of 16, by KT7AGuy
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Why not add a PCI USB 2.0 adapter? They're super cheap on eBay. I wouldn't even consider using a USB WiFi adapter on a 1.1 port.
Something to consider:
I used to run a USB WiFi adapter on my P200 MMX system with a PCI USB 2.0 adapter. Although the WiFi adapter worked just fine, the P200 MMX is just a bit too slow to run the software for it. It was fine if I was patient, but I was eventually annoyed enough to remove it.
Instead, I eventually reconfigured an old Linksys WRT54G with DD-WRT as an ethernet-to-wifi converter. It works much better because it goes through the ethernet port and requires no additional software. The disadvantage is that the WRT54G is much bigger than a USB WiFi adapter and it requires an AC power adapter. Still, you can find them (and other DD-WRT compatible routers) cheap at thrift stores, so you might consider that option as well.
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Reply 12 of 16, by dr_st
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wrote:Back when I worked IT in an office, we called this a "picnic" problem: Problem In Chair, Not In Computer.
I like the PEBCAK version. 😉
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Reply 13 of 16, by Jorpho
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Be sure you make an image of your hard drive before you install the drivers – I recall they took up a lot of system resources and were extraordinarily frustrating to purge.
Reply 14 of 16, by betamax80
I can vouch for the TrendNET model. The problem is that as a 802.11G device none of the later authentication methods (WPA2 in particular) work with it.
On my EPIA board I have revered to a Vonets VAP11N-300. This was recommended elsewhere on the forums.
This is a wifi bridge with 802.11N-300 capabilities (eg. 2.4ghz / 5ghz - manual selection which is a wise choice for Win9x network stack) and WPA2 / WPA2-PSK.
The interface needs to be set up on a more recent computer (web interface), but then can be connected to the ethernet + usb (for power) port of the (whatever! even DOS) system and is transparent to the host.
Reply 15 of 16, by cyberluke
KT7AGuy wrote on 2015-07-09, 16:04:Instead, I eventually reconfigured an old Linksys WRT54G with DD-WRT as an ethernet-to-wifi converter. It works much better because it goes through the ethernet port and requires no additional software. The disadvantage is that the WRT54G is much bigger than a USB WiFi adapter and it requires an AC power adapter. Still, you can find them (and other DD-WRT compatible routers) cheap at thrift stores, so you might consider that option as well.
I did run hardware makerspace and have a plenty of IoT boards such as Dragino (OpenWRT). Also have one older Asus router (OpenWRT as well). What type of configuration did you use for ethernet-to-wifi converter? Dragino with custom I/O for sensors and storage opens a whole new world of possibilities. There could be a private FTP server running. Power over Ethernet managed with mobile device. Some fancy bluetooth connectivity. Some kind of smart feedback for automation like RS232 / gameport / mouse / keyboard connector going from Dragino WRT board back to the PC => remote operation & automation. I can imagine putting my wireless motion sensor prototype and controlling gameport with my body or adding the sensor on modern steering wheel to emulate some controls. Or creating some website with photos of games and acting as a launcher. Today I'm too much creative 😁
Reply 16 of 16, by BitWrangler
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I've had Gigafast WF-748-CUI working, 802.11 b/g ... can't say it's super impressive on 98, but nothing much is. Don't pay much for one.
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