windows me wireless net working

[17aflegel@gmail]

Will it work if i buy a wireless router then hook it up to my computer which has windows me installed for connecting to the internet?if so how do I do this?

 

[Compman55]

So you want a wireless router, but you will be connecting your computer to it with a cable? Wired yes it will work for this pc, then the rest of your devices can connect wirelessly. Time to ditch Windows ME. It was a dud when it was released.

If you need wireless, you will need to really reasearch into vintage wifi cards that will fit in a pci slot AND HAVE drivers designed for ME. This is where you will have difficulty as no new cards will support anything older than XP.

 

[Compman55]

I forgot more than I learned about windows me.

 

[imagoon]

ME can do wireless but it existed prior to WPA(2) so you would be forced to use WEP which has been broken so it would be like running with no security at all. I don't think MS patched ME for WPA(2) as that was part of XP SP3.

Drivers on the other hand.... may prove even more nonexistent.

 

[17aflegel@gmail]

I have a USB wWiFi adapter and I was wondering if there is a change adapter setting in windows me

 

[mikeymikec]

What sort of setting?

 

[Compman55]

Seriously, people are supposed to ditch XP, and there are still people hanging on kicking and screaming. Millenium Edition is so old it is not even supported. Time for an upgrade, there are also organizations that will give computers for free if you need them.

 

[azazel1024]

I forgot more than I learned about windows me.

I haven't forgotten enough about Windows me, and I probably never will unfortunately.

You only likely choice is wiring to a router and run the router as a wireless bridge.

Based on general pricing, you are probably best off pricing and flexibility, you are probably best off getting a $199 super basic desktop and using that. It'll at least likely come with Windows 7 at least.

Or you can find a lot of refurb Windows XP SP3 machines that are probably 5-8 years out of date technology wise, but might be had for $100 or so. It would at least bring you out of the technological dark ages in to the high medieval period.

 

[Compman55]

There is probably a setting on within the driver / software package for the USB wireless device. Did you check to see if it is compatible with ME? I can assure you modern stuff is not.

 

[VirtualLarry]

You only likely choice is wiring to a router and run the router as a wireless bridge.

This. Get a cheap WNR2000 v2 or v3, or a Rosewill or Buffalo Broadcom-based router and put DD-WRT on it, and run it in wireless client mode.

Or buy a cheap refurb Core2-era PC with Windows 7. I picked up a couple for friends for $105 ea at Newegg some time ago.

Edit: This USB adapter claims support for 9x/ME.
http://www.monoprice.com/Product?c_id=105&cp_id=10501&cs_id=1050108&p_id=6146&seq=1&format=2

 

[Elixer]

Seriously, people are supposed to ditch XP, and there are still people hanging on kicking and screaming. Millenium Edition is so old it is not even supported. Time for an upgrade, there are also organizations that will give computers for free if you need them.

Pretty much this, or just install linux on it... ME is flawed in so many ways.

 

[avos]

Honestly continuing to use Windows ME is just asking for trouble. There is no guarantee that any suggestion here that didn't first start with replacing the computer is going to help you.

How is the computer in question hooked to the internet right now? Dial up? Cable/DSL modem?

 

[azazel1024]

Honestly continuing to use Windows ME is just asking for trouble. There is no guarantee that any suggestion here that didn't first start with replacing the computer is going to help you.

How is the computer in question hooked to the internet right now? Dial up? Cable/DSL modem?

Telegraph probably.

 

[JackMDS]

J/K - :\ - :sneaky: - :thumbsup:

 

[ch33zw1z]

I thought "windows me wireless networking" was the op talking like a pirate. dude, get off of windows me, like beginning of last decade.

 

[azazel1024]

I thought "windows me wireless networking" was the op talking like a pirate. dude, get off of windows me, like beginning of last decade.

I ditched me within 9 months of loading it up on my Celeron 433. Free copy through the campus IT department (for all students) and 9 months later XP came out and they were giving that out for free.

I needed ZERO explination of why I should switch.

Most of the 9 months on me, I reminisced about 98 and came very close to doing a reinstall back to 98, but by the point I had figured out me mistake (har, har), I didn't want to deal with the hassle of reloading programs and stuff from my zip disks and CDs (oh gods, were those the days!).

 

[VirtualLarry]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16883280290

OP, a cheap refurb computer with Windows 7, for you!

 

[QuietDad]

I think the OP is even more off base. I read it as he has a PC with Windows ME and if he buys a wireless router it will be able to connect to the internet. The operating system has nothing to do with WPA/WEP/WPA(2). That's all a function of the router. If you want it to work, you need a router that supports bridging, an ethernet port in your PC and wireless access to the internet. Wireless internet just doesn't "exist". You would hook the PC up to the router and configure the router in your internet browser to connect it/bridge it to your internet connection. Upgrading to Windows wont solve the problem if you dont have internet access.

 

[JackMDS]

The operating system has nothing to do with WPA/WEP/WPA(2).

Sorry Dad this is Not accurate. While the initial setting is in the Router, some old OSs do not have the code to decipher WPA2 and thus they would Not connect to a Router set to WPA2.

It can connect if everything is set to WEP, but WEP is No security, it can be hacked by novices in short period of time.

 

[QuietDad]

If' he's bridging a router wirelessly, then hardwiring the PC to the router, the PC needs to support ethernet connections and won't be using security at all. Like I said, I read his post as he thinks he can just buy a wireless router, connect his PC and connect to the internet wirelessly. And the lack of WPA2 support is in the network interface card driver and NOT the OS and since Windows Me was done and over before WPA2 I'm sure the drivers don't exist. The operating systems have nothing to do with wireless security. They have to do with running the network card driver that does.

 

[ch33zw1z]

It's both, QuietDad. Remember XP SP2? no WPA2 support unless you installed this http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=1974

Or just waited for SP3

 

[QuietDad]

That update just added WPA2 to the Windows Provisioning client to add the dialog for WPA2. You could ALWAYS use the the vendor supplied wireless utilities to connect WPA2. WIndows DOESN'T CARE! The utilities to connect do.

 

[ch33zw1z]

Indeed, but who in their correct mind uses the shitty vendor supplied utilities?

 

[imagoon]

That update just added WPA2 to the Windows Provisioning client to add the dialog for WPA2. You could ALWAYS use the the vendor supplied wireless utilities to connect WPA2. WIndows DOESN'T CARE! The utilities to connect do.

Yes you are technically right. However you would need to search for a wifi adapter that is circa 2005 and then find and download the app. ME went end of life in 2006 along with the entire code base that was anything not "NT." Nothing today is likely to have WinME support and thus the application is unlikely to exist.

 

[QuietDad]

I thoroughly agree Windows ME was the worst operating system ever written by anyone. The issue HERE is that it looks like the OP seems to think if he just goes out and buys a wireless router he will have internet access. Regardless of the operating system, the ONLY way this works is if he's living in a place where there is an open WIFI connection AND he buys a router capable of bridging AND hes has an ethernet port on the PC. Getting a wireless router capable of bridging AND being an AP is more of the challange then Windows ME here.