I am having this strange problem. An old Thinkpad with Win98 and a wireless Realtek 8180 chip based PCIcard.
When i install the network and card it connects and all is fine. Even connects after a boot.
But when i shut down the machine and powers it up the next day, it ca not find any wireless network. It is blinking shortly in tx/rx but not in link.
I can then uninstall all network and install it again and everything is fine. But next day, same story.
I have tried Windows ME, with same result. Tried lastest drivers for realtek card, same result. Tried giving it a static ip address, but that did not help either.
I have another thinkpad (i think it is a 600E), with win98 and a card with same chip. It had the same problems in the beginning but it dissapered,
There are no problems with the wireless router as i connect with 2 other machines.
Do you have any suggestions ?
Rgds,
Rene