networking w 2 NICS

help.. i have 2 nics on w98 laptop... ethernet and
wireless adapters. both are installed ok, and are using
dhcp and the same default gateway, and appear otherwise in
the device table ok. in the ethernet operation i get
connectivity to the router (and then to the internet).
when in wireless mode (when the ethernet cable not
connected), the wireless card gets good signal and
connectivity to the WAP, but no packets are sent to the
router. it appears that w98 is still trying to send
packets over the ethernet adapter. what am i missing about
having w98 send packets to the correct network adapter? i
searched the forum for leads on this topic but couldn't
find any. many thanks in advance! dns



dns

In article <02e401c357a9$bcd8cc00$(E-Mail Removed)>, "dns"
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>help.. i have 2 nics on w98 laptop... ethernet and
>wireless adapters. both are installed ok, and are using
>dhcp and the same default gateway, and appear otherwise in
>the device table ok. in the ethernet operation i get
>connectivity to the router (and then to the internet).
>when in wireless mode (when the ethernet cable not
>connected), the wireless card gets good signal and
>connectivity to the WAP, but no packets are sent to the
>router. it appears that w98 is still trying to send
>packets over the ethernet adapter. what am i missing about
>having w98 send packets to the correct network adapter? i
>searched the forum for leads on this topic but couldn't
>find any. many thanks in advance! dns

To make w98 use the right network adapter, go to Start | Run |
Winipcfg. Release the IP address on the adapter that you don't want
to use. Renew the IP address on the adapter that you do want to use.
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