>> Ancient router, ancient OS on the PC. Thrown them both out. Honestly.
>
> So right but I won't learn anything.

So learn something new that will actually work. Seriously, the support for
98 was miserable even when it was new, it's non-existant now. Likewise that
router was crap then and it's still crap now. What you'll learn is there's
no way to get all that crap working reliably. I wouldn't call that a smart
way to spend one's time. Especially when known-working solutions exist.
But hey, feel free to waste your time.