pcmcia network install

My home network uses an XP system as the server and has two win 98 machines
also connected to a hub. All configurations went smoothly with the wizzard
disk generated by XP a year ago. Now I want to add a laptop also win 98. I
can't get the wizzard to complete because it says the hardware is not present
after the required reboot. I think the wizzard tries to finish prior to
windows finding the PCMCIA card and thus the network connection. I can ping
the card and get response and all the lights flash but can't ping anything
else. I tried setting a static address with no success. Is a different
network client or TCP/IP protocol installed by this wizzard disk? Am I
missing files because the wizzard fails to finish? If so how do I work
arround this?

In article <04130B57-5CF9-4FF2-9FD6-(E-Mail Removed)>,
"daberti" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>My home network uses an XP system as the server and has two win 98 machines
>also connected to a hub. All configurations went smoothly with the wizzard
>disk generated by XP a year ago. Now I want to add a laptop also win 98. I
>can't get the wizzard to complete because it says the hardware is not present
>after the required reboot. I think the wizzard tries to finish prior to
>windows finding the PCMCIA card and thus the network connection. I can ping
>the card and get response and all the lights flash but can't ping anything
>else. I tried setting a static address with no success. Is a different
>network client or TCP/IP protocol installed by this wizzard disk? Am I
>missing files because the wizzard fails to finish? If so how do I work
>arround this?

XP's Network Setup Wizard sometimes fails to detect a properly
installed network card, possibly due to a minor bug in the card's
driver program.

Fortunately, it's not necessary to run the Wizard on other computers,
even though the Wizard tells you to. You can make the same settings
manually that it would make. On Win 98, go to Control Panel | Network
and:

1. Add these network components if they aren't already present:

TCP/IP protocol
Client for Microsoft Networks
File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks

2. Remove these network components if they're present:

IPX/SPX protocol
NetBEUI protocol
Client for NetWare networks

3. Configure the TCP/IP properties to obtain an IP address
automatically.

4. Set the workgroup name to the same name as the Windows XP computer
uses (default for XP is MSHOME).

If there's a firewall program on Win 98, make sure that it's
configured to allow access on the local area network.
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