Windows 98 machine won't access Internet or local shared devices on startup

Setup:
D-Link DI-924 wireless router, connected to Internet through broadband
(ethernet cable) connection.
Problem machine: Semi-old HP notebook with Windows 98 SE and D-Link DWL-G650
wireless network card.
Other machines in network: Stationary Win XP connected with cable to router,
Notebook Win XP connected to router with DWL-G650 wireless card.

Problem:
When I boot the Win 98 machine, the D-Link "Meter" icon shows an OK
connection, and WINIPCFG shows OK values, but (usually) I can't use Internet
Exploser to access google.com. Neither can I double-click "Network" to see
the shared devices in my workgroup.
If I open D-Link's utility on the problem machine and click "Rescan", it
re-finds the wireless network. Internet and local network items work OK
after that.

How can I make Windows 98 connect correctly to the network so that it works
directly without having to do a manual "Rescan"?

With hope,
Ture Magnusson,
Karlstad, Sweden

Clark,

Thanks, but I really don't know how to set up network profiles.

If you believe that setting up such a profile would solve the problem,
could you please be more specific on how and what I have to do?

Best regards,
Ture

"Clark" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:WuHte.482$(E-Mail Removed). ..
> Have you set up a Profile for your network? If you haven't, go ahead and
> do that. Look for a setting in there that says something like connect
> automatically or some such verbiage.
>
> Clark
>
> "Ture Magnusson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Setup:
>> D-Link DI-924 wireless router, connected to Internet through broadband
>> (ethernet cable) connection.
>> Problem machine: Semi-old HP notebook with Windows 98 SE and D-Link
>> DWL-G650 wireless network card.
>> Other machines in network: Stationary Win XP connected with cable to
>> router, Notebook Win XP connected to router with DWL-G650 wireless card.
>>
>> Problem:
>> When I boot the Win 98 machine, the D-Link "Meter" icon shows an OK
>> connection, and WINIPCFG shows OK values, but (usually) I can't use
>> Internet Exploser to access google.com. Neither can I double-click
>> "Network" to see the shared devices in my workgroup.
>> If I open D-Link's utility on the problem machine and click "Rescan", it
>> re-finds the wireless network. Internet and local network items work OK
>> after that.
>>
>> How can I make Windows 98 connect correctly to the network so that it
>> works directly without having to do a manual "Rescan"?
>>
>> With hope,
>> Ture Magnusson,
>> Karlstad, Sweden
>>
>
>