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Question

windows nt 4 vs. aironet 340 wireless adapter

by Jul 5, 2015 4:46PM PDT

I recently installed a cisco aironet 340 wireless adapter onto an old windows nt4 computer. The adapter connected with the router ok but the driver made windows nt very unstable. Programs would die, couldn't shut down the computer. Printing took 15 minutes for a small file. So I removed the driver from the hard drive and everything went back to normal. I'm wondering if anyone can tell what the problem is. Would more RAM help? I have 128mb now.

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why not use LAN connection instead?
by Jul 5, 2015 4:56PM PDT
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Aironet 340 isn't USB
by jcdacono Jul 5, 2015 5:05PM PDT

The aironet 340 is a PCI card. It was about the only thing that I could find that would work with windows nt.

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fully updated NT?
by James Denison Jul 5, 2015 5:20PM PDT

Why NT? Why not W2K at least, instead. In fact that was before days of activation and even the OEM disc would load on any computer. There used to be a lot of them sold on EBay very cheaply.

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To updated nt
by jcdacono Jul 5, 2015 6:10PM PDT

This is an old computer I have that has some old CAD software on it. I'm just trying to upgrade it with internet access. something to keep me busy.

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manual
by Jul 5, 2015 5:10PM PDT
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by jcdacono Jul 5, 2015 5:40PM PDT

I checked the info on the wireless bridge and don't see how it would help. It seems to be like a repeater. I don't have a problem reaching the router. My problem is what seems to be an overload on the computer when the adapter driver is installed. Thanks anyway.

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so there's some comms with the router
by James Denison Jul 5, 2015 6:25PM PDT

maybe something odd about the protocol between the router and the aironet. Or some voltage difference between the older PCI and the newer, there were two voltages then.

http://hsi.web.cern.ch/HSI/s-link/devices/s32pci64/slottypes.html

Also check the PCI card to see if there's some jumpers on it, which one might be to set a static IRQ.

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reply to comms with the router
by jcdacono Jul 6, 2015 6:53AM PDT

The issue about the voltage difference from what I saw on your link seems to be that the card would not fit into the wrong type of slot. I have the OEM installation instructions and there is nothing about jumpers on the PCI card. It was a very straight forward installation.

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Here's what I used with an ancient NT 4.0
by Forum moderator Jul 5, 2015 8:34PM PDT
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Netgear adapter
by jcdacono Jul 6, 2015 6:59AM PDT

I did read a little somewhere that a netgear adapter would work but haven't checked it out yet. thanks.

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