[hoodoo]

Hi there,
This is prob. real dumb, but maybe someone can help...
Am new at connecting online with DSL & Netcard... Learned a little about how to do so with Win2000, but now with Win98 machine, I cannot find any way to get the little icon (it looks like two blue-green monitors connecting & lighting up when you get online & send/receive data) that I got accustomed to while learning on a Win2000 machine.

I have searched high & low, trying to find the "path" that will lead to the Realtek 8139 netcard in order to be able to associate that command/path with an ICON, so that I can click on it to log onto the network and click it to log off. As it now is, I have only a temporary Firewall that I tell to STOP ALL TRAFFIC in order to get off the Net.

Hope my question/dilemma is clear and someone can help me figure out how to get an ICON on a Win98se system so that I can choose when to log on and when to log off, instead of having to turn off the DSL router by hand.

Thanks if you can help!

:-)

PS Does it sound like my Network might not be entirely installed properly, or is that little icon NOT available in Win98, or what??
I have the following under Network: Realtek 8139 NIC and TCP/IP entries (there are two for each).

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Under Windows 98 you should find the option in the properties of the connection in the Dial-up Networking folder to show an icon in the taskbar when connected, assuming you're using a modem.

If you're using a network card, there is no built-in support in 98 for showing a network activity icon in the taskbar for an ethernet connection like there is dial-up. You need some separate software.

[Neil Jones]

Under Windows 98 you should find the option in the properties of the connection in the Dial-up Networking folder to show an icon in the taskbar when connected, assuming you're using a modem.

If you're using a network card, there is no built-in support in 98 for showing a network activity icon in the taskbar for an ethernet connection like there is dial-up. You need some separate software.