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Fri Sep 30, 2005 1:59 pm Post subject:
DSL with Win95 OSR2 |
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How do I make my Win95 OSR2 system to work with DSL or any other high
speed connection? This is an old laptop with a Netgear PCMCIA network
card. Model number FA411. I installed the driver and it seems to work
properly. But Internet Explorer doesn't recognize the DSL connection.
Do I need 3rd party software to make this work? If it is, where can I
download the software? The software must be FREE and ISP INDEPENDENT.
Hendra |
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Robert Redelmeier
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Fri Sep 30, 2005 4:20 pm Post subject:
Re: DSL with Win95 OSR2 |
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In comp.dcom.xdsl u1000393@email.sjsu.edu wrote:
| Quote: | Actually, I already have a router. I have another laptop
with WinXP and it works perfectly. I just connect the cable
to my ethernet card and WinXP automatically recognizes
the connection. No need to type in user name, password or
anything. But my older laptop doesn't recognize the connection.
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You will have to correctly configure the MS-Win95 OSR2 networking.
It shouldn't take userid/passwd because the router stores those.
But you do need to enable the card and TCP/IP.
-- Robert |
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Fri Sep 30, 2005 4:20 pm Post subject:
Re: DSL with Win95 OSR2 |
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Actually, I already have a router. I have another laptop with WinXP and
it works perfectly. I just connect the cable to my ethernet card and
WinXP automatically recognizes the connection. No need to type in user
name, password or anything. But my older laptop doesn't recognize the
connection.
Hendra |
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David H. Lipman
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Fri Sep 30, 2005 4:20 pm Post subject:
Re: DSL with Win95 OSR2 |
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From: <u1000393@email.sjsu.edu>
| How do I make my Win95 OSR2 system to work with DSL or any other high
| speed connection? This is an old laptop with a Netgear PCMCIA network
| card. Model number FA411. I installed the driver and it seems to work
| properly. But Internet Explorer doesn't recognize the DSL connection.
| Do I need 3rd party software to make this work? If it is, where can I
| download the software? The software must be FREE and ISP INDEPENDENT.
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| Hendra
You must be real cheap to try to connect Win95 to the Internet and then want FREE software !
Get a Cable/DSL Router such as the Linksys BEFSR41. Then the Router will make the PPPoE
connection and will allow *any* TCP/IP compliant hardware to be connected to the LAN side of
the Router.
--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm |
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David H. Lipman
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BillW50
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Fri Sep 30, 2005 10:00 pm Post subject:
Re: DSL with Win95 OSR2 |
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<u1000393@email.sjsu.edu> wrote in message news:1128070769.815094.120590@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
Date: 30 Sep 2005 01:59:29 -0700
How do I make my Win95 OSR2 system to work with DSL or any
other high speed connection? This is an old laptop with a
Netgear PCMCIA network card. Model number FA411. I installed
the driver and it seems to work properly. But Internet Explorer
doesn't recognize the DSL connection. Do I need 3rd party
software to make this work? If it is, where can I download the
software? The software must be FREE and ISP INDEPENDENT.
Hendra
On a side note, I haven't seen any security updates for Windows 95
since December of 2000. So do you really want to put that on the
Internet? I still have one W95 machine that still runs my flatbed
scanner. It won't work under W98, W2K, or XP. But I won't allow it
on the network for security reasons.
Cheers!
______________________________________________
Bill (using a Toshiba 2595XDVD & Windows 98SE)
-- written and edited within WordStar 5.0 |
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Gary A. Edelstein
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Fri Sep 30, 2005 10:10 pm Post subject:
Re: DSL with Win95 OSR2 |
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On 30 Sep 2005 06:33:06 -0700, u1000393@email.sjsu.edu wrote:
| Quote: | Actually, I already have a router. I have another laptop with WinXP and
it works perfectly. I just connect the cable to my ethernet card and
WinXP automatically recognizes the connection. No need to type in user
name, password or anything. But my older laptop doesn't recognize the
connection.
Assuming your router is set with normal defaults for DHCP (auto IP |
assignment) for machines hooked up to it, then you need to be sure
TCP/IP is installed as a component for the network card and TCP/IP is
configured for DHCP. This page describes how to configure it for
DHCP:
http://www.lava.net/support/config/dsl/windows/dhcp/Win9x/
Once you have that or if you already have that all in place, then do a
start>run>winipcfg and see if the router has given the card an IP. It
normally will be in the 192.168.x.x range.
I understand Win95 supports only up to IE5.5. Download that if you
don't have it and use the internet connection wizard that comes with
it to configure a LAN connection.
IE5.5 can be downloaded here:
http://browsers.evolt.org/?ie/32bit/5.5_SP2
Consider an alternative browser, but you may have trouble finding a
current version that is compatible with Win95. Perhaps other posters
know of one. I don't believe the most current versions of Firefox or
Mozilla will work in Win95. Opera might and is now free.
Most machines that can run Win95 can run Win98 - so consider upgrading
to that (or better yet, installing it clean) so you can run more
recent software.
Gary E
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|"We have met the enemy and he is us." - Walt Kelly's Pogo |
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Hugh Candlin
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Fri Sep 30, 2005 11:32 pm Post subject:
Re: DSL with Win95 OSR2 |
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"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
news:A1e%e.38$%p6.24@trnddc06...
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I couldn't find the the 1999 patch for WINSOCK2 on MS Downloads.
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It is here, 2nd from bottom of page
http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads/ |
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David H. Lipman
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Richard Steiner
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Mon Oct 03, 2005 8:20 am Post subject:
Re: DSL with Win95 OSR2 |
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Here in comp.dcom.xdsl, "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> spake unto us, saying:
| Quote: | On a side note, I haven't seen any security updates for Windows 95
since December of 2000. So do you really want to put that on the
Internet?
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I have several Win95 OSR2 boxes connected to the net, and with the use
of a decent browser (e.g., Firefox) and a firewall (in my case, Coyote
Linux 2.24 on a dedicated PC) it seems to be a fairly safe OS.
--
-Rich Steiner >>>---> http://www.visi.com/~rsteiner >>>---> Mableton, GA USA
OS/2 + eCS + Linux + Win95 + DOS + PC/GEOS + Executor = PC Hobbyist Heaven!
WARNING: I've seen FIELDATA FORTRAN V and I know how to use it!
The Theorem Theorem: If If, Then Then. |
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Mon Oct 03, 2005 9:50 pm Post subject:
Re: DSL with Win95 OSR2 |
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u1000393@email.sjsu.edu wrote:
| Quote: | How do I make my Win95 OSR2 system to work with DSL or any other high
speed connection? This is an old laptop with a Netgear PCMCIA network
card. Model number FA411. I installed the driver and it seems to work
properly. But Internet Explorer doesn't recognize the DSL connection.
Do I need 3rd party software to make this work? If it is, where can I
download the software? The software must be FREE and ISP INDEPENDENT.
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I recommend that you install a 3rd party firewall/NAT box and config
Win95B PC's with private network IP's.. eg 192.168.XXX.XXX ...
Suggest using a Dlink DI-604 to interface with DSL modem in bridged
mode and let the Dlink box handle the PPPoE and NAT functions.
Apply remaining Win95B patches, using DSLreports.com tool to set the
enet adapters RWIN and MTU settings.. see..
http://www.dslreports.com/drtcp
Set Win95 ethernet adapters RWIN(receive window) to 46464 and MTU
to 1492 and you should be good to go.
DI-604's can be had for $20 after rebates. (Which is cheap insurance
for preventing outside attacks). |
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