Success With Windows98 BUT

At 12:45:06 Sun, 27 Sep 2009, EW <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>However I would like the old "blinking" lights in the tray or a similar
>application to indicate a connection. This would enable me to enable/disable
>the connection as is possible with Ethernet via XP.
>
>Although I use the Win98 desktop often for the Internet I still use it for
>word processing, my music library etc. and don't like the idea of the
>Internet connection being automatically switched on at bootup and closed on
>shutdown.

I sometimes use a Win98 machine with an Edimax/Raylink wireless card.
The link status is shown by an icon in the system tray, and I can click
on that to turn off the RF connection. The setting is remembered so the
link is not automatically established when the computer is booted.

--
John Legon

John Legon wrote:
>
> I sometimes use a Win98 machine with an Edimax/Raylink wireless card.
> The link status is shown by an icon in the system tray, and I can click
> on that to turn off the RF connection. The setting is remembered so the
> link is not automatically established when the computer is booted.


Ah, but is that not part of the software that came with the
wireless adaptor? I have the same type of icon with my wireless
adaptor, which works when using wireless.

This is not standard Win98 software. As the OP is not using
wireless, he will not have this available.


Best regards,
Peter.

At 05:53:53 Mon, 5 Oct 2009, Bandwidth <?@?.?> wrote:
>John Legon wrote:
>>
>> I sometimes use a Win98 machine with an Edimax/Raylink wireless card.
>> The link status is shown by an icon in the system tray, and I can click
>> on that to turn off the RF connection. The setting is remembered so the
>> link is not automatically established when the computer is booted.
>
>
>Ah, but is that not part of the software that came with the
>wireless adaptor?

Yes, it's a feature of the Ralink software, not Win98.

>This is not standard Win98 software. As the OP is not using
>wireless, he will not have this available.

My point was that if the OP really wants the option to switch off his
Internet connection, he might find it easier using a wireless card,
rather than pulling out the Ethernet lead. The assumption being that
his router most probably has a wireless facility.

I initially tried using a USB wireless adapter with the old Win98 box
but the performance was poor and there was no option to turn off the
connection. The Edimax/Ralink PCI card is much better.

--
John Legon