Re: Can't get ThinkPad T42 to connect to Netgear MR314 w/ 128 bit WEP

From: Jeff Liebermann (jeffl_at_comix.santa-cruz.ca.us)
Date: 11/27/04 

Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 10:26:52 -0800

On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 12:53:38 -0500, "News Reader"
<SLCUUVKKQKKI@spammotel.com> wrote:

>I'll see if I have that IBM Access thing -- this isn't exactly an
>off-the-shelf configuration, so there's no guarantee that anything that
>comes installed with a T42 will be on there. The IT folks re-image the drive
>with the stuff THEY want on there... but I'll take a look.

I've run into exactly the same problem with other laptops and routers.
What's common is that W2K and XP are rather tenacious about retaining
the previous IP address. You go to work, get an IP address from their
system, come home, and it still thinks you're at work. You can see it
happen by running:
  Start -> Run -> cmd
  IPCONFIG
If it show the last IP addresses as assigned by work, some hot spot,
the hotel, or whatever, that's the problem.

Reboot, snarl, banging on the keyboard does nothing. A few things
that work are:
  IPCONFIG /RELEASE
  (wait about 5 seconds)
  IPCONFIG /RENEW
and then run:
  IPCONFIG
to see if it worked.

IBM has it's own profile manager which I assume works, as I've never
tried it. Instead, I use NetSwitcher:
  http://www.netswitcher.com
for manageing locations. I have a worse problem. I have to have my
laptop ready and configured for every one of my custmers LANs. Last
time I counted, I had about 70 different configurations stored. Some
have VPN's, some use LDAP directory services, a few Kerberos
authentications, some proxy servers, some multiple protocols, and a
few protocol shims. Of course the names or IP addresses for non-DHCP
delivered devices, such as SMTP email servers, change at each
location. It's a nice mess that NetSwitcher solves. Unfortunately,
for really drastic changes, Netswitcher requires a reboot, so it
sometimes turns into a time burner. I try to switch configuration
before I arrive. 

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