Win98 FIRST edition not able to ping my router

This is a fresh reinstall of a win98 os. It's connected via a router to a
workgroup. How do I get win98 to recognize/access the router? All hardware
is working fine. Router is operational for the other pc's on my peer2peer
network.

Are you getting a valid IP address?

"mgm" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> This is a fresh reinstall of a win98 os. It's connected via a router to a
> workgroup. How do I get win98 to recognize/access the router? All
hardware
> is working fine. Router is operational for the other pc's on my peer2peer
> network.
>
>

Thank you for responding.. no, the router is the default gateway, and
assigns ip's. tcp/ip is configured for dhcp.. how can I tell if there is a
dhcp client service started in 98? Why won't 98 "see" this router like my
xp pro and win2k boxes will. also, the pc with the 98 os is a dual boot. the
win2k os on another partition has full network and internet access.... I'm
stumpted. ?? hmm.. winipcfg only has PPP adapter showing.. is this
relevent?
"Rob Elder MVP-Networking"
"Rob Elder MVP-Networking" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Are you getting a valid IP address?
>
> "mgm" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > This is a fresh reinstall of a win98 os. It's connected via a router to
a
> > workgroup. How do I get win98 to recognize/access the router? All
> hardware
> > is working fine. Router is operational for the other pc's on my
peer2peer
> > network.
> >
> >
>
>

the ppp adapter is probably your modem. it appears that your nic isnt being recognized yet. reseat the card in a different pci slot and make sure the correct drivers are loaded

The NIC is present and "is operating properly" according to Device Manager.
Network dialogue box does show the NIC and tcp/ip for the nic. The only
place the NIC isn't recognized is with winipcfg...
"Fr4tmasterfl3x" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> the ppp adapter is probably your modem. it appears that your nic isnt
being recognized yet. reseat the card in a different pci slot and make sure
the correct drivers are loaded

FINALLY.. (after reseating the nic in a different pci slot) this nic is
present in the winipcfg dialogue box. but still no luck with it being able
to access the router. winipcfg "freezes" and quits responding when an
attempt to release then to renew. The ip add is an unknown 169.xxx.xxx
number??? Is there some config setting I'm missing with this 98 box?
"mgm" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> The NIC is present and "is operating properly" according to Device
Manager.
> Network dialogue box does show the NIC and tcp/ip for the nic. The only
> place the NIC isn't recognized is with winipcfg...
> "Fr4tmasterfl3x" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message
> news:37BB1633-1805-4A8D-987D-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> > the ppp adapter is probably your modem. it appears that your nic isnt
> being recognized yet. reseat the card in a different pci slot and make
sure
> the correct drivers are loaded
>
>