Help with win 98 networking

My home network is going ok with LInksys 2.4 ll-g router.
Someone GAVE me a Dell lattitude P2 with a Netgear card, 11-b.
It's installed but is not receving a signal from the Linksys router.
Anyone care to step me thru this??
My home pc's are xp. pro
I * thought* that you could setup a wireless lappy to take with you
and when you got in a "hotspot" it would automatically log in to the
internet.
Thanks

"Mousetater" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> My home network is going ok with LInksys 2.4 ll-g router.
> Someone GAVE me a Dell lattitude P2 with a Netgear card, 11-b.
> It's installed but is not receving a signal from the Linksys router.
> Anyone care to step me thru this??

Well is the router able to switch between b and g on its own depending upon
what type of connection is connecting to it? I know they have the router
with the capacity to allow b and g connections, but I have never seen or
used one.

> My home pc's are xp. pro
> I * thought* that you could setup a wireless lappy to take with you
> and when you got in a "hotspot" it would automatically log in to the

I think it could if the machine was XP using Wireless Zero Configuration.

http://www.windowsitpro.com/Windows/...294/23294.html

I don't know about a Win 98 doing it auto but it should connect to a *B*
setup whether it's auto or not.

Duane

Got it working! As it turns out, I had to go into my router and tell it it
accept b or g.
Works fine

"Duane Arnold" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Mousetater" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:NJUee.33999$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > My home network is going ok with LInksys 2.4 ll-g router.
> > Someone GAVE me a Dell lattitude P2 with a Netgear card, 11-b.
> > It's installed but is not receving a signal from the Linksys router.
> > Anyone care to step me thru this??
>
> Well is the router able to switch between b and g on its own depending
upon
> what type of connection is connecting to it? I know they have the router
> with the capacity to allow b and g connections, but I have never seen or
> used one.
>
> > My home pc's are xp. pro
> > I * thought* that you could setup a wireless lappy to take with you
> > and when you got in a "hotspot" it would automatically log in to the
>
> I think it could if the machine was XP using Wireless Zero Configuration.
>
> http://www.windowsitpro.com/Windows/...294/23294.html
>
> I don't know about a Win 98 doing it auto but it should connect to a *B*
> setup whether it's auto or not.
>
> Duane
>
>