D-Link Blues: USB adapter connects to router, no internet access

7 Feb 2005 4:27 PM

Buck Frobisher

I've had a D-Link BEFW11S(5?)4 wireless router for about a year or so, works
great. I'm typing this from my laptop which is connected wirelessly right
now. I also have two desktops, one a fairly new WinXPpro system, wired to
the router, and another old PIII550 Win98 box that was the first system I
wired to it (with a cable). When directly wired to the router, both
desktops worked flawlessly.

I moved the Win98 box to another room, and bought a D-Link DWL-122 to
connect it to the internet. After the usual amount of cursing and
re-booting, I got it to the point where the USB piece sees the router, and
claims it's working, with reasonable strength 70+% BUT no joy in connecting
to the internet or to my email.

I'm pretty sure that this is a Windows problem, but I have no idea how to
make it talk.

The old 10/100 card is still installed, by the way. Should it be physically
removed from the system and uninstalled? I still see it in the "Network"
part of Control Panel.

Thanks in advance for your help.

--
"Stay strong. Be brave. Wait for the signs."

Regards,

Frank Johansen
Aurora, Ontario

7 Feb 2005 5:18 PM

William P.N. Smith

"Buck Frobisher" <farside***@hotmail.com> wrote:
>I moved the Win98 box to another room, and bought a D-Link DWL-122 to
>connect it to the internet. After the usual amount of cursing and
>re-booting, I got it to the point where the USB piece sees the router, and
>claims it's working, with reasonable strength 70+% BUT no joy in connecting
>to the internet or to my email.

Well, you could always try (temporarily) turning off the security on
your Wifi to see if it'll connect. Also, try the 'other' drivers from
http://d-link.com/products/support.asp?pid=175&sec=0#drivers and see
if that changes anything. Is it Win98 or Win98SE?

What does the output of <Start> <Run> winipcfg look like? Did you get
an IP address?

[No, you shouldn't have to remove your Ethernet card.]

7 Feb 2005 6:46 PM

Buck Frobisher

<William P.N. Smith> wrote in message
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news:3d8f01h0fio7bc6msubno8nr9ge9e8bii8@4ax.com...
> "Buck Frobisher" <farside***@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>I moved the Win98 box to another room, and bought a D-Link DWL-122 to
>>connect it to the internet. After the usual amount of cursing and
>>re-booting, I got it to the point where the USB piece sees the router, and
>>claims it's working, with reasonable strength 70+% BUT no joy in
>>connecting
>>to the internet or to my email.
>
> Well, you could always try (temporarily) turning off the security on
> your Wifi to see if it'll connect. Also, try the 'other' drivers from
> http://d-link.com/products/support.asp?pid=175&sec=0#drivers and see
> if that changes anything. Is it Win98 or Win98SE?
>
> What does the output of <Start> <Run> winipcfg look like? Did you get
> an IP address?
>
> [No, you shouldn't have to remove your Ethernet card.]

Thanks for your suggestions!

I ran winipcfg and no, there is no IP address entered. It's just 0.0.0.0
and the subnet mask is the same. I think I have the latest driver, it's
date is the same as the one listed in the link you posted.

I have Win98SE installed. I'm loath to disable the WEP key, since the other
two computers work so well. I saved the WEP key number when I created is,
and just did a copy|paste to enter it in the new setup.

I did disable the PCI card I previously used, re-booted, but no change.

Any other ideas?

--
"QUIT is a four letter word!"

Regards,

Frank Johansen
Aurora, Ontario

7 Feb 2005 8:57 PM

Buck Frobisher

<William P.N. Smith> wrote in message

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> What does the output of <Start> <Run> winipcfg look like? Did you get
> an IP address?

Whoops, I hadn't used the drop-down box to select my adapter. Yes, it has
an IP address.

--
"Stay strong. Be brave. Wait for the signs."

Regards,

Frank Johansen
Aurora, Ontario

7 Feb 2005 10:30 PM

William P.N. Smith

"Buck Frobisher" <farside***@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Whoops, I hadn't used the drop-down box to select my adapter. Yes, it has
>an IP address.

What's the IP address? Can you ping the default gateway? Can you
ping any of the DNS servers listed? Can you ping any numeric address?
What's a traceroute to a known IP address give you?

8 Feb 2005 3:55 AM

Rick Ankrum

Buck Frobisher wrote:
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> I've had a D-Link BEFW11S(5?)4 wireless router for about a year or so, works
> great. I'm typing this from my laptop which is connected wirelessly right
> now. I also have two desktops, one a fairly new WinXPpro system, wired to
> the router, and another old PIII550 Win98 box that was the first system I
> wired to it (with a cable). When directly wired to the router, both
> desktops worked flawlessly.
>
> I moved the Win98 box to another room, and bought a D-Link DWL-122 to
> connect it to the internet. After the usual amount of cursing and
> re-booting, I got it to the point where the USB piece sees the router, and
> claims it's working, with reasonable strength 70+% BUT no joy in connecting
> to the internet or to my email.
>
> I'm pretty sure that this is a Windows problem, but I have no idea how to
> make it talk.
>
> The old 10/100 card is still installed, by the way. Should it be physically
> removed from the system and uninstalled? I still see it in the "Network"
> part of Control Panel.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>

Did you replace the SSID identification in your wireless adapter
settings in the Win98 adapter properties? You will have to go to the
settings to find this option.
Rick

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8 Feb 2005 10:55 AM

Eras

"Buck Frobisher"
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> I've had a D-Link BEFW11S(5?)4 wireless router for about a year or so,
works
> great. I'm typing this from my laptop which is connected wirelessly right
> now. I also have two desktops, one a fairly new WinXPpro system, wired to
> the router, and another old PIII550 Win98 box that was the first system I
> wired to it (with a cable). When directly wired to the router, both
> desktops worked flawlessly.
>
> I moved the Win98 box to another room, and bought a D-Link DWL-122 to
> connect it to the internet. After the usual amount of cursing and
> re-booting, I got it to the point where the USB piece sees the router, and
> claims it's working, with reasonable strength 70+% BUT no joy in
connecting
> to the internet or to my email.
>
> I'm pretty sure that this is a Windows problem, but I have no idea how to
> make it talk.
>
> The old 10/100 card is still installed, by the way. Should it be
physically
> removed from the system and uninstalled? I still see it in the "Network"
> part of Control Panel.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.

Sounds like IP assignment. Is the IP you are getting a valid IP for your
network? I.e., 192.168.*.*? If its falling back to a 169.*.*.* then you
aren't getting a valid IP. Check under TCP/IP properties for this device
and ensure either DHCP is enabled or a valid static IP is assigned --
depending on what your method for IP assignment is.

I use all D-Link hardware, yet the "D-Link BEFW11S" router you mentioned
wasn't familiar. A quick google shows this router being a Linksys router.
If this a Linksys router, then the next thing I'd look for would be to see
if "Turbo Mode" is enabled/disabled for this D-Link USB device. If it is,
you may have to disable it as it is a D-Link proprietary scheme that most
likely won't work with the Linksys router.

Try getting it talking without encryption first. That just removes at lease
one variable until you get it working.

Keeping the ethernet 10/100 NIC installed shouldn't prevent any problems
with the USB device.

11 Feb 2005 1:36 AM

Basher13

On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 11:27:19 -0500, "Buck Frobisher"
<farside***@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>I moved the Win98 box to another room, and bought a D-Link DWL-122 to
>connect it to the internet. After the usual amount of cursing and
>re-booting, I got it to the point where the USB piece sees the router, and
>claims it's working, with reasonable strength 70+% BUT no joy in connecting
>to the internet or to my email.

You must not be using driver v1.02 on windows 98 se....

You must be using v1.01, and force the drive change, in device
manager, by pointing to the unzipped contents, of this package:

ftp://ftp.dlink.com/Wireless/dwl122/Driver/dwl122_driver_101.zip