RT8152B Driver for Windows 98 SE \ VOGONS

RT8152B Driver for Windows 98 SE

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First post, by ale1601

Posted on 2023-07-21, 20:23

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I have an old Omnibook laptop with Windows 98 SE and I wanted to connect it to internet using an USB to Ethernet 10/100 adapter with a Realtek 8152B chip but I couldn't find any driver that works with it. The official drivers only go back as far as Windows XP 32 Bit and the others that I tried didn't work. Is there something I can do to make it work or I will have to buy something that is compatible with 98SE? Thanks

Reply 1 of 2, by Horun

Posted on 2023-07-22, 03:08

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What model Omnibook ? The RTL8152B datasheet says 2013 so most likely never will work under Win98 https://datasheet.lcsc.com/szlcsc/Realtek-Sem … B-CG_C50656.pdf
Yes you should look for a different one.... and make sure to check OS compatibilty before buying....

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Reply 2 of 2, by LSS10999

Posted on 2023-07-22, 05:10

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The only Win9x compatible USB ethernet I know of is the one that uses AX88772A.

If your laptop has a PCMCIA slot you might consider using such a card instead. Some PCMCIA ethernet uses RTL8139 which is well supported on old OSes.

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