A question about routers

[Mike]

I have one computer with Windows XP and the other computer with Windows ME.
I had a Microsoft MN-500 wireless router going from my main computer the
(xp), upstairs to my other computer the (ME). My router died. All the
routers I have seen do not work with Windows ME. I bought a DIR-615 D-Link
router at Best Buy and when I got it home, the box said the system
requirments were:

"Windows Vista, XP (SP2), 2000 (SP2); Mac OS X 10.4; CD-ROM drive; cable or
DSL modem; Internet Explorer 6 or Mozilla Firefox 1.5; network interface
card."

So I figured it wouldn't work for Windows ME and took it back.
Do you know of any that do?

[gene martinez]

Post by Mike
I have one computer with Windows XP and the other computer with Windows ME.
I had a Microsoft MN-500 wireless router going from my main computer the
(xp), upstairs to my other computer the (ME). My router died. All the
routers I have seen do not work with Windows ME. I bought a DIR-615 D-Link
router at Best Buy and when I got it home, the box said the system
"Windows Vista, XP (SP2), 2000 (SP2); Mac OS X 10.4; CD-ROM drive; cable or
DSL modem; Internet Explorer 6 or Mozilla Firefox 1.5; network interface
card."
So I figured it wouldn't work for Windows ME and took it back.
Do you know of any that do?

Is your ME box wireless??? If not then just connect it to the router
and get an IP address. If it's wireless then youu need to see if the
router (wireless) will work with the card in your ME box..

[Jim Dell]

Post by gene martinez

Post by Mike
I have one computer with Windows XP and the other computer with Windows ME.
I had a Microsoft MN-500 wireless router going from my main computer the
(xp), upstairs to my other computer the (ME). My router died. All the
routers I have seen do not work with Windows ME. I bought a DIR-615 D-Link
router at Best Buy and when I got it home, the box said the system
"Windows Vista, XP (SP2), 2000 (SP2); Mac OS X 10.4; CD-ROM drive; cable or
DSL modem; Internet Explorer 6 or Mozilla Firefox 1.5; network interface
card."
So I figured it wouldn't work for Windows ME and took it back.
Do you know of any that do?

Is your ME box wireless??? If not then just connect it to the router
and get an IP address. If it's wireless then youu need to see if the
router (wireless) will work with the card in your ME box..

You shouldn't see a difference if Windows ME was using wireless before
unless you went from a B band only router to something that only
supports G, A or N and the card in your PC only supports B.. You may
have to reset the wireless security on Windows ME for the new router.

By the way, the router connects to your ISP (Cable or DSL) and then
individual PCs connect to the router individually via a wired or
wireless connection.

Jim

[JAD]

I have one computer with Windows XP and the other computer with Windows ME. I had a
Microsoft MN-500 wireless router going from my main computer the (xp), upstairs to my
other computer the (ME). My router died. All the routers I have seen do not work with
Windows ME. I bought a DIR-615 D-Link router at Best Buy and when I got it home, the box
"Windows Vista, XP (SP2), 2000 (SP2); Mac OS X 10.4; CD-ROM drive; cable or DSL modem;
Internet Explorer 6 or Mozilla Firefox 1.5; network interface card."
So I figured it wouldn't work for Windows ME and took it back.
Do you know of any that do?

there is no good reason why the router wont work with ME
XP ME 98 2000, all use dhcp in the same way(wireless or wired). Start from scratch, and
rebuild the network.
Firewalls can block traffic.
Like JD said make sure whatever wireless card you have, is of the same band as the
router.

[Greegor]

I've been using Tiny Personal Firewall, AVG and Spybot S&D resident.

I keep seeing various programs that are part of Windows
attempting to access IP addresses and ports that
do not make sense to me.

One of the programs was an AVG file itself, but
trying to talk to some stange IP address when
nothing like that should have been taking place.
I suspect something has burrowed into AVG itself.
Has this sort of thing been known to happen?

Is the autochk program supposed
to talk to 255.255.255.255 to
request my own dynamic address?

My immediate question is this:

What programs should be accessing what
IP addresses?

Scandisk shouldn't have to access
any IP address over the web, right?

Are there ports internal to WinME that
are part of the normal functioning that
Tiny Personal Firewall needs to OK?

Is there still a "trial size" virus scanner out there
current enough to catch it if something has
burrowed past AVG?

[Heirloom]

If you do a Google search on the AVG file you see attempting to "phone
home", you will probably find out the reason behind it. Many apps are
looking for updates, reporting usage and 'phoning home' for various reasons.
Lexmark is bad about this and one must delve into an .ini file in order to
stop it.

I think you are simply seeing some 'normal' operation of these apps and not
something malicious. I really doubt that AVG has been comprimised. If it
bothers you, take it out and re-install. The other option would be to use
one of the online scans (at a reputable site........don't go to 'Bubba's Big
Bug Bruiser' or similar). There are some scan locations that like to tell
you that you have xxworm or xxtrojan, then try to sell you their full blown
program to get rid of it.....I suspect they load something onto your machine
to provide a false positive or simply lie about it!! This site reviews the
top 5 online scanners:
http://www.bestsecuritytips.com/xfsection+article.articleid+59.htm
....choose your poison.
Heirloom, old and hate bugs

Post by Greegor
I've been using Tiny Personal Firewall, AVG and Spybot S&D resident.
I keep seeing various programs that are part of Windows
attempting to access IP addresses and ports that
do not make sense to me.
One of the programs was an AVG file itself, but
trying to talk to some stange IP address when
nothing like that should have been taking place.
I suspect something has burrowed into AVG itself.
Has this sort of thing been known to happen?
Is the autochk program supposed
to talk to 255.255.255.255 to
request my own dynamic address?
What programs should be accessing what
IP addresses?
Scandisk shouldn't have to access
any IP address over the web, right?
Are there ports internal to WinME that
are part of the normal functioning that
Tiny Personal Firewall needs to OK?
Is there still a "trial size" virus scanner out there
current enough to catch it if something has
burrowed past AVG?

[JAD]

255.255.255.xxx is your subnet....not an ip addy

Post by Greegor
I've been using Tiny Personal Firewall, AVG and Spybot S&D resident.
I keep seeing various programs that are part of Windows
attempting to access IP addresses and ports that
do not make sense to me.
One of the programs was an AVG file itself, but
trying to talk to some stange IP address when
nothing like that should have been taking place.
I suspect something has burrowed into AVG itself.
Has this sort of thing been known to happen?
Is the autochk program supposed
to talk to 255.255.255.255 to
request my own dynamic address?
What programs should be accessing what
IP addresses?
Scandisk shouldn't have to access
any IP address over the web, right?
Are there ports internal to WinME that
are part of the normal functioning that
Tiny Personal Firewall needs to OK?
Is there still a "trial size" virus scanner out there
current enough to catch it if something has
burrowed past AVG?