WLAN USB Adaptor not really recognized

I tried to attach a WLAN USB adaptor to my laptop with
WIN98 installed. It is shown in the System
Poperties/Device Manager.
However, although the Windows Network Client is defined
when starting the system, the window asking for the
password does not show up. When entering winipcfg under
start/run, the WLAN USB adaptor seems not to exist.

Obviously, when starting the system, the WLAN USB adaptor
is not recognized (in time?) by all functions.

When using a WLAN Cardbus PC-Card, everything is working
fine. The pasword window is showing up when starting the
system, and winipcfg shows the WLAN PC Card.

Doesn't Windows 98 support network adaptors attached to
the USB?
For clarification, the USB adaptor is working with the
printer when attached, as well as with a 6 in 1 card
reader.
Any ideas how to get this problem solved?

Regards, Joachim


Joachim Richert

I finally fixed my problem. Here's what I did, taken from
a hint to a similar problem some days later:
Control Panel -> Network
Removed the TCP/IP protocol for the USB WLAN adaptor.
Restarted the system.
Control Panel -> Network
Re-added the TCP/IP protocol, while the USB WLAN adaptor
was attached to the system.
Rebooted the system.

.... and it worked. Surprise.

>-----Original Message-----
>I tried to attach a WLAN USB adaptor to my laptop with
>WIN98 installed. It is shown in the System
>Poperties/Device Manager.
>However, although the Windows Network Client is defined
>when starting the system, the window asking for the
>password does not show up. When entering winipcfg under
>start/run, the WLAN USB adaptor seems not to exist.
>
>Obviously, when starting the system, the WLAN USB adaptor
>is not recognized (in time?) by all functions.
>
>When using a WLAN Cardbus PC-Card, everything is working
>fine. The pasword window is showing up when starting the
>system, and winipcfg shows the WLAN PC Card.
>
>Doesn't Windows 98 support network adaptors attached to
>the USB?
>For clarification, the USB adaptor is working with the
>printer when attached, as well as with a 6 in 1 card
>reader.
>Any ideas how to get this problem solved?
>
>Regards, Joachim
>.
>