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Notebook networking issue
q4444
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Recently I have prided myself in "bringing back to life" older notebooks. By this I mean, I take older notebooks from friends, family, etc, that are going to be put to sleep and try to get them running again. I have gotten a few older ones up and running for family, friends, etc to use.
Anyhow, I recently did this with a Toshiba Satellite 2545xcdt which was previously running WIN98. I updated that OS, am in the process of adding memory, and I want to get on my home network. For the life of me, I can't get it to see the network. I have tried two things....
1. Putting in a Linksys Wireless-B network card. The machine will recognize and install the card, and it seems the hardware is set up and running fine. Problem is, it won't see the router, so I get zippy signal.
2. I put in an ethernet card, so I could try "hardwiring" to get on the network, but same thing happens. It recognizes the card, sets up, etc, but I can't get internet access.
Ultimately, I want wireless access, because I plan on keeping this machine for myself. It has a fairly large screen(big enough for me I guess), and it's light enough for me.
Any ideas? I consider myself a little smarter than a novice when it comes to these things, but far from knowledgable
Anyhow, I recently did this with a Toshiba Satellite 2545xcdt which was previously running WIN98. I updated that OS, am in the process of adding memory, and I want to get on my home network. For the life of me, I can't get it to see the network. I have tried two things....
1. Putting in a Linksys Wireless-B network card. The machine will recognize and install the card, and it seems the hardware is set up and running fine. Problem is, it won't see the router, so I get zippy signal.
2. I put in an ethernet card, so I could try "hardwiring" to get on the network, but same thing happens. It recognizes the card, sets up, etc, but I can't get internet access.
Ultimately, I want wireless access, because I plan on keeping this machine for myself. It has a fairly large screen(big enough for me I guess), and it's light enough for me.
Any ideas? I consider myself a little smarter than a novice when it comes to these things, but far from knowledgable
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sounds like you are doing everything right. is there security set on the wireless router? did you check the tcp/ip settings? are you getting an IP address? you probably want a dynamic 192.x.x.x IP address.
its hard to trouble shoot old crap. you may be doing everything right and it still wont work because the hardware simply doesnt work.