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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

> We tried filling these in on the Win98 laptop but it could not get ANY
> signal.  The linux computer got a strong signal but no connection.  It
> helped to be on the second floor in between two houses with broadband.
> Maybe it picked the strongest signal, which was a secured network in the
> nearest house.  How would one scan for available connections in BL and
> choose one?
>
> I used the same numbers above.  I really do not know what I am doing.

The Win98 laptop had a Linksys Wireless-B card (cardbus) with OEM driver. 
The same card worked for me on the other Win98 laptop so I looked in 
system and was told the card or its drivers crashed Win98 and it was never 
going to use them again.  (I installed three times without it working).

Sindi/Si