T400 Wireless

[ContiJohn]

Why does my laptop use the wireless signal when I am plugged into the LAN? How do I stop this? Please do not answer "Just turn off the wireless via the switch".

Thanks

[andyP Community SuperMod]

Are you using Access Connections? Make sure your profile is set to best available network, (point 2), and that in the device window you have ethernet placed above wireless, (point 3), this sets the device priority.

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[ContiJohn]

Thanks for the reply. Since I was not reading any updates to my posts I called Lenovo. They told me about this "Access" program. I have not used it in the past. I am new to the Lenovo hardware. I need to play with the Access program. But how would this be deployed in a corp setting? I work for a global company with users traveling abroad and in the US. There are Hundreds of AP's accross the company. I started to play with the program and it asked me to set up the wireless. It wanted my SID info and Key info. How can that be configured on a global scale?

[andyP Community SuperMod]

Here's a link to the ThinkVantage site where you can find out about the different pre-installed utilities. You will find information about the different utilities and how to deploy them by clicking on the utility links, you will also hopefully find out whether or not this suits your requirements. What is Access Connections?

If you like, I can move this thread to the ThinkVantage discussion board, just say the word.

[ContiJohn]

You can put this on the appropriate board you feel will help me solve this. Thanks. I will look into your links this evening and tomorrow.

As a side note we wipe all laptops clean and install our own default images. So I assume hopefully this Access program can be configured once and then copied up with a base image. Then would be copied down with all future images.

[andyP Community SuperMod]

Thanks,

I moved the post here in order to hopefully gain more exposure to the TVT experts who drop by and can more than likely offer better advice.

[ContiJohn]

Thanks.

[LANOgre]

If you are looking for information on how to deploy Access Connections, there is a link at the bottom of the download page.  There is a guide on doing it and even ADM template for management via domain policy.

[billbolton Community Moderator]

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ContiJohn wrote:

As a side note we wipe all laptops clean and install our own default images.

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Many corporate buyers of ThinkPads do this.

The desktop services (or whatever you call them) team in your organisation will know how to put whatever applications, such a Access Connections, are needed into the SOE (Standared Operating Environment) image that gets loaded onto your corporate Thinkpads. 

Cheers,

Bill