Help: Thinkpad 560X, Realtek 8180 and windows98 wireless problems

I am having this strange problem.
An old Thinkpad with Win98 and a wireless Realtek 8180 chip based PCIcard.

When i install the network and card it connects and all is fine.
Even connects after a boot.

But when i shut down the machine and powers it up the next day, it ca not
find any wireless network.
It is blinking shortly in tx/rx but not in link.

I can then uninstall all network and install it again and everything is
fine.
But next day, same story.

I have tried Windows ME, with same result.
Tried lastest drivers for realtek card, same result.
Tried giving it a static ip address, but that did not help either.

I have another thinkpad (i think it is a 600E), with win98 and a card with
same chip.
It had the same problems in the beginning but it dissapered,

There are no problems with the wireless router as i connect with 2 other
machines.

Do you have any suggestions ?


Rgds,

Rene

On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 19:52:18 +0200, in alt.internet.wireless , "Rene
Pryning" <rpryning@hotmail.com> wrote:

>I am having this strange problem.
>An old Thinkpad with Win98 and a wireless Realtek 8180 chip based PCIcard.

My memory of Win98 and wireless is that support is flakey and
unreliable. I had similar problems with both a PCI and USB card and
never solved them. I did find that ipconfig / release then ipconfig
/renew usually got networking back tho.

>Do you have any suggestions ?

Upgrade to XP, I'm afraid. 98 is now over 7 years old and thats
virtually antique for an OS. .
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I dont think that XP can run on a Thinkpad 560X, it is too old for that.
Since i have it running on another machine it must be possible.

Other ideas ?

Rgds,

Rene