Installing a wireless 801.b card in Laptop

We recently got DSL in our area. I first purchase a linksys
router and wireless card and more recently the same from
netgear. The router is OK but I have had the same problem
with both card.

I have a Dell 400mhz Inspiron laptop with Windows 98-SE (up
to date with releases). After going through the
installation of the software and then the wireless card
everything appears to be OK. But I can not connect to the
net. When you do a winipcfg the only binding listed is a
"PPP Adapter". Consequently the card unable to connect.

The last time I spoke with the Netgear tech support they
said it was a TCP/IP issue an there for I would have to
reinstall window. I recently replaced my hard drive and did
a typical windows install so I don't think re-install will
make a difference.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks
Jim Tinder

In article <003101c3ca4e$f63e6550$(E-Mail Removed)>, "Jim Tinder"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>We recently got DSL in our area. I first purchase a linksys
>router and wireless card and more recently the same from
>netgear. The router is OK but I have had the same problem
>with both card.
>
>I have a Dell 400mhz Inspiron laptop with Windows 98-SE (up
>to date with releases). After going through the
>installation of the software and then the wireless card
>everything appears to be OK. But I can not connect to the
>net. When you do a winipcfg the only binding listed is a
>"PPP Adapter". Consequently the card unable to connect.
>
>The last time I spoke with the Netgear tech support they
>said it was a TCP/IP issue an there for I would have to
>reinstall window. I recently replaced my hard drive and did
>a typical windows install so I don't think re-install will
>make a difference.
>
>Any help would be appreciated.
>
>Thanks
>Jim Tinder

Did you click the down arrow next to the adapter name in Winipcfg?
That should give a menu showing all of the adapters, including the
Netgear wireless adapter.

Here's another way to see if TCP/IP is bound to the Netgear adapter:
open a command prompt window and type "ipconfig /all".
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