In order to connect to your router using WEP you must set your entire network to use that standard. Setting only the computer to WEP will not allow it to connect. Windows 98 depends on whatever driver software is supplied with your wireless adapter to handle network encryption. While the card may support WPA encryption you will not be able to use that standard unless the Windows 98 driver can handle it. You will know if it is available as you will have a setting to select WPA. If you don't have that, WEP is all you've got.
As an aside, you have posted this in the Disk Drives forum. You might want to try asking your question on the Networking, Internet, and Wireless forum by using the Support Forums menu above.
jackshack
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April 11th, 2012 21:00
In order to connect to your router using WEP you must set your entire network to use that standard. Setting only the computer to WEP will not allow it to connect. Windows 98 depends on whatever driver software is supplied with your wireless adapter to handle network encryption. While the card may support WPA encryption you will not be able to use that standard unless the Windows 98 driver can handle it. You will know if it is available as you will have a setting to select WPA. If you don't have that, WEP is all you've got.
As an aside, you have posted this in the Disk Drives forum. You might want to try asking your question on the Networking, Internet, and Wireless forum by using the Support Forums menu above.
PudgyOne
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April 12th, 2012 02:00
trapaniaa,
In addition to what JackShack stated...
WPA encryption was first offered with Windows XP SP2, so operating systems that are with XP or XP SP1 and before, WPA encryption will not work.
Rick