Re: [Thinkpad] IBM 11A/B/G Wireless Cardbus adapter and IBM AccessConnections

At 10:13 PM 2/29/2004, you wrote:
>Just in case you might have missed a step:
>
>Did you uninstall all versions of Access Connections before installing the
>driver?

Yes (several times).

>Did you disable Windows 2000 Wireless Configuration?

Yes (and rechecked it).

>Then install driver and Access Connections.

Done yet again. I get the following when I try to connect,
it fails, and then I ask for help:

Connection Status: Disconnected
Cause: Obsolete driver version
Error Code: 034
Recommended Action: The current version of the wireless adapter driver
is not supported by
                         Access Connections. The minimum supported driver
version for 11 a/b/g
                         Wireless CardBus Adapter is 2.4.2.33. Update to
the latest or minimum
                         supported driver version.

                         If the problem persists, contact your network
administrator and provide the
                         trouble shooting information below.

>You don't have any other network adapter in the machine, do you?

The built-in miniPCI Intel Pro100 one. I use that at work until we get
wireless set up there (going slowly, especially with this). I'm trying
to set up wireless at home. That is the reason for trying Access Connections
(along with setting up profiles for various other connection points when I
travel and when we get it going at work, ...).

>On the Access Connections update page, does the autodetect report the
>correct wireless adapter?

Doesn't work with my A21p (too old). It correctly detects the version of
Access Connections (2.73 before and 3.00 now).

>The reason I ask is that there *is* a driver version 2.4.2.33 on the IBM
>site at
>http://www-306.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-54373
>-- but it's for the IBM 11b/g Wireless Mini PCI (NOT even
>an a/b/g) -- and supposedly only for the X31 and X40. I'm wondering if AC
>misidentified your adapter and went looking for the wrong
>driver. If so, maybe you should -- before reinstalling AC -- go delete all
>network adapters except the correct one, then see if AC
>can pick the right adapter if there's no other choice.
>
>That package version 3.1 for your Cardbus adapter, BTW, contains drivers
>for several adapters -- including yours and the IBM a/b/g
>Mini PCI -- all version 2.4.1.30.

Thanks for the help Deanna. I guess it is time to call IBM. I haven't
done that so far as I was put on hold for long delays various other times
with older Thinkpads.

It appears to me that Access Connections 3.00 doesn't correctly select
between the Cardbus and the built-in miniPCI versions of the IBM (made
by Actiontec for the Cardbus adapter) a/b/g adapters. Or maybe there
is a newer Cardbus driver but that doesn't match with the docs for 3.00
of Access Connections or the driver for the Cardbus adapter on the IBM
Web site (at least that I can find).

Stuart

>Deanna
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Stuart F. Biggar" <Stuart.Biggar@opt-sci.arizona.edu>
>To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
>Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 12:18 PM
>Subject: [Thinkpad] IBM 11A/B/G Wireless Cardbus adapter and IBM
>AccessConnections
>
>
> > I'm trying to start using wireless. I purchased an IBM 11A/B/G Cardbus
> > card and have installed it in my A21p which is running Win2000 with service
> > packs and critical updates. The version of the drivers that I found at
> > the IBM Web site is identified as 3.1 on the site and the driver version
> > identifies itself as 2.4.1.30 (not very congruent ;-)).
> >
> > I tried installing the 3.00 version of Access Connections which is fairly
> > new (release date of 2004/02/24). However, it requires version 2.4.2.33
> > of the Cardbus 11A/B/G drivers according to an error message that pops up
> > when I try to select the profile for the card. Anyone have a clue of how
> > to find that driver version at IBM, especially as I don't know how to
> > translate 2.4.2.33 into what I find at the site (3.1).
> >
> > Version 2.73 seems to work but 3.00 is supposed to have fixes and
> > "new" features. The fixes are listed as being for Windows 2000.
> >
> > Anyone have Access Connections version 3.00 working with an IBM Cardbus
> > 11A/B/G card with Windows 2000 on a Thinkpad that is explicitly
> > supported (the A21p is on the list of supported machines)? If so,
> > I could use some hints.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Stuart

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Received on Mon Mar 1 11:08:34 2004