T61 wireless radio problem [ Edited ]

[christos]

Hello,

I recently purchased a T61 and have been using it to connect to my wireless router. It was working fine until it suddeny stopped working when I created a new location using a LAN cable connection through ThinkVantage . Now when I try to use the wireless connection, it tells me the wireless radio is turned off and that I need to turn it on. Clicking on the "Power On Wireless Radio" through ThinkVantage Access Connection doesn't help [Operating state: "Radio off"]. BTW, the wireless hard switch in the front of the laptop is turned on. Does anyone know what the problem may be? Thank you.

Chris

Wireless Adapter: Intel Wifilink 4965AGN
T61, 6459CTO, Intel Core 2 Duo CPU T7500 @2.2 GHz, 4GB Ram,




Message Edited by christos on 12-28-2007 08:27 PM

Message Edited by christos on 12-29-2007 11:57 AM

Message Edited by christos on 12-29-2007 11:58 AM

[carbon_unit]

Have you tried fn + F5?

[christos]

Hi,

Thank you for your response. I did start up that option as well. It says that the '802.11 Wireless Radio' is turned off. Clicking on the 'Power On' button has no effect whatsoever on power state.

Chris

[carbon_unit]

My next step would be to run PC Doctor and test the wireless card to see if it is defective. If so your warranty is your friend. If not then more software troubleshooting is in order.

[YourOldBuddy]

Im sorry to say, but I think only uninstalling Access Connection Manager will help you there. Im sorry because the same thing happened to me, and so Im using Zero Configuration with XP. Ubuntu Linux has a nice profile based wireless utility though (Zero Conf. does also to a point).

[christos]

Ok. I ran PC-Doctor 5 for Windows for the Wireless card and it passed all the tests without errors.

Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN (Network Card)
1. Wireless Connectivity Test
2. Wireless Signal Strength Test
3. Network Link Test
4. PCI Express Status Test

'YourOldBuddy', in a reply thread, suggested uninstalling the Access Connection Manager software and pointed the blame to 'Wireless Zero Configuration' [http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2004/06/63705]. Is it possible to reinstall Access Connection Manager. I did not receive any software disks with my laptop. Is there a setup.exe stored somewhere I can access and use to reinstall. Thank you for your help. And to 'YourOldBuddy' for chiming in.

Chris

[christos]

By the way, WinXP's Wireless Network Connectioin icon appears in the task bar tray showing "Connected" and signal strength is full.

And this is a link I found for ThinkVantage Access Connections for Windows XP, 2000 - Notebooks

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo

[carbon_unit]

The installer for Access Connections should be in the IBMTOOLS folder or the SWTOOLS folder, it is also available online.

[RealBlackStuff]

Have you tried switching the WiFi ON using the switch at the front of your TP?

[christos]

I downloaded and installed the Access Connection, http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-61432. The results are still the same. I am unable to switch on the wireless radio through any means. This software seems to be unreliable and a hindrance for anyone wanting wireless connectivity in a laptop. Do you think uninstalling Access Connection completely and using WinXP's wireless software is the next best course of action? Thank you for your help so far "carbon_unit".

Chris

PS Let me repeat that the hardware switch in the front of the laptop is 'switched on' and that the wireless card itself passes PC doctor's diagnostics. I have been using my laptop's network adapter and cat cable (ethernet?)  to access my internet service.