Why does Win98SE take so long to boot after i added my NIC?

[toph99]

it takes about 30 seconds longer to boot when i added my NIC, why is that? what can i do to change this?

thanks

 

[Locutus of Board]

Is it a D-link?

If so get another. They suck. My D-link caused this problem.

Your computer is trying to assign an INT for it.

 

[owensdj]

Are you talking about the boot time before or after the start of Win98SE's boot process? If it's after the start of Win98SE's boot, your problem could be that when you added that network card, your TCP/IP protocol got set to use DHCP. The extra time is Win98SE waiting to contact a DHCP server that isn't there.

 

[BudB]

Once you put a network card in your system every time your Windows machine boots it has to scan all the network resources to see if they are available and to connect/reconnect to them. About 30 seconds seems about right for this. If your running on a network you have to learn to live with this, and it's not only D-Link cards.

 

[toph99]

yes it is a D-Link

the extra time is during the Win98 boot(after POST) so how can i check about the DHCP setting?

thanks for the answers

 

[Dravic]

In control panels go to newtok, from there choose TCP/IP for that specific Nic card(or by itself if there are no devices listed), then choose properties.

This should bring up a seperate window.. in the ip address tab, it is set for obtain Ip address automatically. The only way to changes this would be to hard set an IP address to that machine.

The computer is otherwise waiting to recieve an IP from a DHCP server, and the timeout is probably about 30 secs.

If you manual set the IP address, unless otherwise given to you by an ISP or you network admin, use a PRIVATE(reserved for private networks) IP address. One that starts with a 10.x.x.x or 192.168.x.x.

Question:
1. Is this computer on a network? What kind of network is this computer going to be on. Home lan, company lan..?

 

[owensdj]

Since I use Windows 2000, not Win98SE, it's difficult for me to tell you exactly how to check your DHCP setting. I'll try though. You'll double click on Network in Control Panel. I think you'll see a Components tab. Click on that. Double click on TCP/IP in that list of installed networking components. You'll also see your network card in that list. There will be a setting there for Obtaining an IP Address Automatically or to Specify an IP Address. If it's set for Obtaining an IP Address Automatically, your TCP/IP protocol is probably trying to use DHCP, and that's causing the delay. If you want to tell TCP/IP to not use DHCP, pick Specify and IP Address. In the IP address field, just put in a private(non-Internet) IP address like 192.168.0.1 and a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0. Your computer will still have the ability to connect to the Internet using a dial-up ISP. You should also unbind TCP/IP from your network card. Unbinding TCP/IP from the network card might let you keep the DHCP setting on without the delay.

This is all assuming that you don't use your network card to connect to broadband Internet like cable or DSL. We really need to know more about your networking and Internet situation to tell you exactly how to configure your Win98SE networking.

 

[toph99]

i had forgotten to add that i was on a DSL, and am in the process of setting up a home LAN(i need to fix a few bugs before i can do that yet though) the DSL i believe has a built in router as well because i have two pc's hooked up to it through a linksys switch, and i can share the bandwidth easily. sorry, i should have said this earlier

 

[Dravic]

Then you have two options.

1. Live with the added boot time, and use the DHCP services from the router... pack a bowl while you wait..

2. give them the private IP address i was talking about, and the router's IP address as a default gateway, and dont use the DHCP services that come with the DSL router.

 

[toph99]

thanks for the info tonight i'm going to go and play around with the settings, see what i can change