If you have lights all around, it is now a software issue. Are the
network settings on the win 98 computer set up to get an IP settings
dynamically?
Dragonfly
Norm wrote:
>
> Don't know how I did it but I now have a light on my modem and a
> light on my network card. The bad news is I still have no reconition
> of something because I still have no Internet. But at least I got
> lights. Thank you for all your help so far.
> Norm
>
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> <mailto:Computer_Help_and_Discussion%40yahoogroups.com>, Dragonfly
> <dragonfly
...> wrote:
> >
> > I had this happen also with an older model network card. I wound
> up
> > swapping in a newer one. Later I stuck in in a PIII by mistake.
> Since I
> > attached it to a hub, it worked.
> >
> > Remember, the network card sees the router. The router does not
> see the
> > network card. Which one is not acting right? It does not matter.
> You
> > still need another network card if you are going to attach to the
> > router. Since you attached a working device to the port that the
> network
> > card could not use and it worked, I would say that the port works.
> >
> > You might see if there are any firmware updates for the router. A
> new
> > PCI network card can be had for $12.
> >
> > Dragonfly
> >
>
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