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Neofish
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Posted: 10th Aug 2004 21:47
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my other 98 PC crashed last night and it reverted to when i didnt have broadband (losing lots of other data too). DOes anyone know how to set up a non-dial-up connection (set up an internet connection and connections in internet properties doesnt work)

thank you

PS. i dont have time to ask anyone else because ive got to fix the computer

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Killswitch
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Posted: 10th Aug 2004 22:19
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Who're you with? BT? You'll need a CD with the drivers for your modem and everything on it - it also sets up the connection for you.

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Neofish
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Posted: 10th Aug 2004 23:36
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nah im with a Ashford based company, we dont have any CDs or anything because the engineer did it, btw it connects through a LAN hub into the router

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The Real 87
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Posted: 11th Aug 2004 06:20
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The problem is that the comp as windows 98, you should get 2000 on it.

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Posted: 11th Aug 2004 06:36 Edited at: 11th Aug 2004 06:37
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if your network is dhcp then you need to set windows98 networking to Automatically Obtain IP Address then reboot the machine - with the lan cable connected

then you can run winipcfg.exe and look thru to make sure you have an IP and all is nice nice


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Neofish
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Posted: 11th Aug 2004 09:07
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k, i'll try that (if it applies)

@rogue im not allowed to make major changes like that whether it'll better off or nto

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indi
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Posted: 11th Aug 2004 11:32
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otherwise assign an ip address : EG 192.168.0.7
assign the subnet mask :EG 255.255.255.0
add the routers ip :EG 192.168.0.1
restart and you should be good to go


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a msdos prompt and ping the router to see if your aquiring a connection.

also "ipconfig" will display this information to see if its correct

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Posted: 11th Aug 2004 12:40
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indi he's in 98, ipconfig /all wont work. Thats why I mentioned winipcfg.exe


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indi
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Posted: 11th Aug 2004 23:09
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does it not work for 98? i have 98se and it works a treat

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Posted: 12th Aug 2004 01:37
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i think it does work for 98 i think i did it before

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GothOtaku
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Posted: 12th Aug 2004 02:02
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It does last I checked.
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Posted: 12th Aug 2004 02:44
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I am talking about 98 version B, not SE or ME. I will check again but I will almost swear the the command doesnt exist in plain old 98.


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GothOtaku
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Posted: 12th Aug 2004 03:17
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Possibly, but plain 98 was a piece of crap and most people use 98SE.
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Posted: 12th Aug 2004 04:18
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I keep a plain old 98 partition for gaming as I still play some older windows games that predate 2000/XP, and even a couple of old DOS games now and again


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