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fireracer7 · #1 Post by **fireracer7** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 9:42 pm

I just ran IBM Update Connector for the first time and downloaded the "Thinkpad IBM Access Connections + Wireless LAN Driver Pack V. 3.21 (1VCNA1WW)." When I try to install it it goes to 9x% and then gives me an error message to contact IBM. Has anyone else encountered this problem and is there a way to fix it? Is V. 3.21 better than V. 3.1?

P.S. I currently have the Gigabit ethernet and the Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG card.

T41mbi · #2 Post by **T41mbi** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 11:08 pm

If you are trying to download the files during peak time most likely the IBM Server is cluttered.

Also ZA among other firewall products block access to FTP's in my experience on out of the box settings, so disable that if you dare....

fireracer7 · #3 Post by **fireracer7** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 6:56 am

I was able to download the file; when I got to 9x% in the installation, it gave me the error.

Anybody have any ideas?

fireracer7 · #4 Post by **fireracer7** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 12:04 pm

fireracer7 wrote:I just ran IBM Update Connector for the first time and downloaded the "Thinkpad IBM Access Connections + Wireless LAN Driver Pack V. 3.21 (1VCNA1WW)." When I try to install it it goes to 9x% and then gives me an error message to contact IBM. Has anyone else encountered this problem and is there a way to fix it? Is V. 3.21 better than V. 3.1?

P.S. I currently have the Gigabit ethernet and the Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG card.

Has anybody had this problem? Any suggestions?

Leon · #5 Post by **Leon** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 12:17 pm

sounds like the download is corrupt.... go to the ibm site and re-download it manually....BTW, did you uninsatll Access Connections before doing the install?... I'm pretty sure that the installation requires this....

fireracer7 · #6 Post by **fireracer7** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 12:26 pm

Leon wrote:sounds like the download is corrupt.... go to the ibm site and re-download it manually....BTW, did you uninsatll Access Connections before doing the install?... I'm pretty sure that the installation requires this....

No, I didn't unistall Access Connections before trying the install (if this is the solution I wish they would have mentioned it). I will try uninstalling Access Connections tonight and then installing the new download.

Is this the correct link for manually downloading it (http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.ws ... us&lang=en)?

Thanks for the help!

Leon · #7 Post by **Leon** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 12:51 pm

yes, thats the one...

jamesmccain · #8 Post by **jamesmccain** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 3:48 pm

where can I get this software, I just redid my system and can't find the ibm update connector software

byron · #9 Post by **byron** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 4:26 pm

jamesmccain wrote:where can I get this software, I just redid my system and can't find the ibm update connector software

if you have the IBM load still on your machine it should be in the "Access IBM" program files directory... if not...

http://www-3.ibm.com/pc/support/site.ws ... 46134.html

jamesmccain · #10 Post by **jamesmccain** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 9:03 pm

Thanks getting it now...

fireracer7 · #11 Post by **fireracer7** » Sun Aug 15, 2004 11:25 am

I unistalled Access Connections and then was able to install the update manually (after downloading it from the website). I still was unable to install it using IBM Update Connector. However, despite all these issues, I am not happy with the updated version of Access Connections. It seems to take longer to startup and run slower on my new T42. Does anybody else have these issues and is there any way to revert/download the older (v. 3.20) version?

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