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

From: News Reader (SLCUUVKKQKKI_at_spammotel.com)
Date: 11/28/04 

Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 23:42:00 -0500

Thanks. I'll give that a try, too. At work I use a wired connection (and
furthermore, NOT the one on the side of the laptop -- the one on the docking
station -- not sure if those are considered two different interfaces).
Anyway, it is only at home that I want to use the wireless adapter. Does
that have something to do with my problem?

"Jeff Liebermann" <jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us> wrote in message
news:6oghq0phqfvv1714sf9orudim76udu4j22@4ax.com...
> 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.
>
>
> --
> Jeff Liebermann jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us
> 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
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