On Mon, 7 Aug 2006 20:50:08 +0100, stephen wrote
(in article <QPMBg.31913$WY2.25772@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net>):

> "Sally Thompson" <me2@privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:0001HW.C0FD2AF3002EABA3F0284530@news.individu al.net...
>> On Mon, 7 Aug 2006 17:01:34 +0100, Axel Hammerschmidt wrote
>> (in article <1hjpo6x.1u55kgf93jp8eN%hlexa@hotmail.com>):
>>
>>> Sally Thompson <me2@privacy.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am having a problem getting my Win98SE notebook to connect wirelessly
> to
>>>> my
>>>> Netgear router, which has WPA-PSK security enabled.
<snip>

>>>
>>> You could look for a PCMCIA to ethernet (cable) adapter.
>>
>> OK, thanks for the tip. There seem to be hundreds out there. Any
> particular
>> recommendation?
>
> the ones i have used for a long time were Xircom (which i think got bought
> by Intel). These were not cheap new, but since they were common should be
> easy to find 2nd hand?

Yes, it seems Xircom is now an Intel company. The cards are pretty cheap new
so probably won't go the second hand route, although I certainly don't want
to spend too much on this niggling little problem<g>

> i have used these things since the days of windows 3.1 - the awkward bit
> with all of the different design is the cable / connector.
>
> The better ones use both slots of a dual PCMCIA slot, and had an RJ-45 jack
> inside the card. The one i have here is CardBus (so 32 bit) model RBE-100.

I've now checked the manual for my notebook and I can use 32 bit CardBus or
16 bit.

Thanks.


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