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Eircom BB on Windows 95

  • 02-06-2005 5:11pm
    #1
    Pythia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,469 ✭✭✭


    Hey,

    I have a computer at home that is windows 95 and im trying to get broadband working on it. Any ideas on how to get DHCP working aswell as the broadband aswell! Eircom say it is not possible but their "minimum" requirements says it is. I wanna give it a bash.

    ANY IDEAS?

    Thanks


Comments

  • #2
    Sponge Bob
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25,234 ✭✭✭✭Sponge Bob


    If it cannot run something more up to date than 95 I would five it a bash for ya with me sledgehammer :) . Win98 SE will run in 32mb of ram ......crawl maybe rather than run .


  • #3
    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,501 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    USB support on old versions of Windows 95 does not exist, while later versions have extremely limited support you'd be wasting your time.

    Ethernet should work but I wouldn't even waste time on such a endevour.


  • #4
    theshadow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 119 ✭✭theshadow


    Only set a 95 computer last week. Pretty straight forward once it has a network, if it doesn't you can pick one up for <€20. Once installed set tcp/ip to obtain ip address automatically(default) and away you go. Slow as hell but it worked.


  • #5
    theshadow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 119 ✭✭theshadow


    theshadow wrote:
    Pretty straight forward once it has a network
    oops, that should be network card(NIC) not network :)


  • #6
    formatman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 794 ✭✭✭formatman


    it will work fine as the others have decribed but running 95 on a broadband connection , I wouldn't use an email or private data , your asking for trouble as regards security and viruses and exposing the rest of the netoworked computers


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