x30 wireless problems URGENT HELP please

[makeitcount]

I am about to give up on this as I have tried everything.

The machine is an x30 with a built in antenna (bevel on the side) and a IBM High Rate Wireless LAN Mini-PCI Adapter with Modem II herafter HRW.

I have tried updating the HRW driver, removing it entirely and re-installing it. I´ve also removed/re-installed Access Connections.

And no matter what I do I can't find any networks when I search. Everything else seems to work fine, but it cant find any networks no matter if it is windows doing the searching or Access connections.

I have a router setup right next to it, which I can connect to with no problem on my other laptop (T60P). The router is setup with WEP protection and I've also tried with protection disabled, no luck either.

The last thing I did was try to set up an adhoc network, first on my other laptop T60P, when I searched on the T60P it found the adhoc, but when I searched on the X30 it didnt find it.

Then I tried setting up adhoc network on X30, which worked and for the first time the x30 found a network (the adhoc) but I couldnt see the network on the T60P. Furthermore the network said it had no signal, but connectivity was excellent.

Now this leads me to think that perhaps it is the antenna that is not working? Since the X30 could see its own adhoc network and had excellent connectivity but no signal. And also the fact that the adhoc network on the X30 wasn't visible to the T60P.

Now, is there anyone here who have any other ideas of what this might be?

And if not, is there any way to find out if it is specifically the antenna that is not working? Anyway to test it perhaps?

Any help is greatly appreciated as I am leaving tomorrow and have been trying to get this to work for the last 4 days.

[jdhurst]

That card comes with the T30 as well if I remember correctly. I had mixed and limited success using Access Connections to manage the card . When it did work, I used Version 3.71 as the newest version doesn't work. For most clients, however, I let Windows manage the wireless card and that did work.

Try removing Access Connections and leaving it off, then try once again removing and re-installing the card. Also check to see if the internal antenna connections are properly attached to the card.
... JDH

[RealBlackStuff]

These cards have been known to fail (mine did in my T30).
Get another MiniPCI card.