Win XP / Win98 and Mac on same Wireless LAN - Possible??

Hopefully someone can help me here.

Just visited some friends and returned an XP box that I have cleamup etc
etc - Viruses / spyware etc. I have advised them to get a hardware ethernet
modem / router for their BT Broadband, not the USB Speedtouch they are
currently using.

But in the meantime they have just got a s/h iMac G4 !!!!

So now I have suggested a wireless network.

They like this idea as the kids then have their own PCs

They also have an old PII desktop and an old Tosh Sat. Laptop both running
Win98 (not sure if it is SE or not)

So how feasable is this..

G4 wired to a wireless modem router and then the Win XP PC / Win98 PC and
Win 98 laptop all on wireless connections. I know wired would be better but
putting in the cables is much more hassle than two USB wireless dongles /
wireless PCI cards . The laptop would use a PCMCIA wireless card.

So is the iMac just a case of plug in and go like an XP machine (I have
never used a mac!!)

How does Win98 get on with wireless - no XP Zero Config utility etc etc

Any ideas on this setup, easy to cobfigure or a nightmare? If its going to
be a nightmare then I will leave well alone

Thank in advance for any help / ideas / pointets etc

DeeBee

"DeeBee" <deebee21@(gee)gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hopefully someone can help me here.
>
> Just visited some friends and returned an XP box that I have cleamup etc
> etc - Viruses / spyware etc. I have advised them to get a hardware
ethernet
> modem / router for their BT Broadband, not the USB Speedtouch they are
> currently using.
>
> But in the meantime they have just got a s/h iMac G4 !!!!
>
> So now I have suggested a wireless network.
>
> They like this idea as the kids then have their own PCs
>
> They also have an old PII desktop and an old Tosh Sat. Laptop both running
> Win98 (not sure if it is SE or not)
>
> So how feasable is this..
>
> G4 wired to a wireless modem router and then the Win XP PC / Win98 PC and
> Win 98 laptop all on wireless connections. I know wired would be better
but
> putting in the cables is much more hassle than two USB wireless dongles /
> wireless PCI cards . The laptop would use a PCMCIA wireless card.
>
> So is the iMac just a case of plug in and go like an XP machine (I have
> never used a mac!!)
>
> How does Win98 get on with wireless - no XP Zero Config utility etc etc
>
> Any ideas on this setup, easy to cobfigure or a nightmare? If its going to
> be a nightmare then I will leave well alone
>
> Thank in advance for any help / ideas / pointets etc
>
> DeeBee
>
>

Easily, I have 1 * XP Pro, 1 * XP Home, 1 * Win 98me and a g3 iMac all
sharing wireless via a voyager 2000 adsl modem router. Mac is running 9.1
and Airport pretty straight forward to set up internet, file / printer
sharing between PC & Mac is a bit more tricky.

If you want to share files on OS 9.1 you'll need a mac - pc file share prog
like Dave or PC MAC LAN. No idea on OS X, ask on uk.comp.mac

Lots of guides on how to set up on the web, just google

Garf

"DeeBee" <deebee21@(gee)gmail.com> wrote in
news:iBHWd.29724$(E-Mail Removed). uk:

> Hopefully someone can help me here.
>
> Just visited some friends and returned an XP box that I have cleamup
> etc etc - Viruses / spyware etc. I have advised them to get a hardware
> ethernet modem / router for their BT Broadband, not the USB Speedtouch
> they are currently using.
>
> But in the meantime they have just got a s/h iMac G4 !!!!
>
> So now I have suggested a wireless network.
>
> They like this idea as the kids then have their own PCs
>
> They also have an old PII desktop and an old Tosh Sat. Laptop both
> running Win98 (not sure if it is SE or not)
>
> So how feasable is this..
>
> G4 wired to a wireless modem router and then the Win XP PC / Win98 PC
> and Win 98 laptop all on wireless connections. I know wired would be
> better but putting in the cables is much more hassle than two USB
> wireless dongles / wireless PCI cards . The laptop would use a PCMCIA
> wireless card.
>
> So is the iMac just a case of plug in and go like an XP machine (I
> have never used a mac!!)
>
> How does Win98 get on with wireless - no XP Zero Config utility etc
> etc
>
> Any ideas on this setup, easy to cobfigure or a nightmare? If its
> going to be a nightmare then I will leave well alone
>
> Thank in advance for any help / ideas / pointets etc
>
> DeeBee
>
>

I have win 98 SE with linksys wireless G 32 bit cardbus (WPC54G) on
laptop talking to win XP home with linksys wireless G usb adapter
(WUSB54G) on desktop.

Everything is good, shares + transfers in both directions, VNC in both
directions. ICS set up on desktop so laptop can access internet.
firewalls and antivirus on both desktop and laptop.

Only fly in ointment is cannot yet set up WEP, but I'm sure I can beat
it.

things to check:
are laptop card slots PCMCIA 16 bit or cardbus 32 bit? I think 80211.g
only works with cardbus 32bit

make sure both PCs meet min specs for adapters. I was stiched up
recently by a company selling wireless adaptors that were advertised to
work with win 98 but failed to state min spec was P1 300mhz (my OLD, OLD
laptop was 266 mhz). If the vendor does not state min spec, look up
adapter web site for user manual etc.

also, the USB adapter mentioned above WILL NOT work with win 98,

can't help with iMac, sorry.

hope that helps