> >> >?!?!?!?!
> >> What's that supposed to mean? I can't help you if you don't provide the
> >> information.
> >I believe to have provided you with the information, but I am
> >obviously wrong...
> "?!?!?!?!" is information? Were you trying to be funny?

No, I was not. Otherwise, I was not referring to the "?!?!?!?!", but
to the other things I have mentioned in my other messages. Huge
problem of communication indeed. Must be me, I am French after all.

> Again, what _exactly_ does "cannot access" mean? I can't read your mind
> or see what's on your computer display. I need _exact_ symptoms.

If you were to tell me the kind of answer you are expecting from me,
then maybe I could tell you exactly what is going on? In the same way
you cannot read my mind, I surely cannot read yours.

> >Ok, I have googled around for a picture that looks like what I get:
> >http://www.itap.purdue.edu/airlink/images/vpnpc1a.jpg
> That helps a bit, but is just a start. Yourwirelessicon says "not
> connected". What do you see in "view availablewirelessnetworks"?

Most ofthen than not, my modem/router won't show up. I have to stop it
and restart it to see it listed again. Other times, it will show up,
but I won't be able to connect to it. Again, by stopping it and
restarting it, it shows up and I will be able to connect to it. But,
as I have said several times, this will only be temporary if I have
both ThinkPads running.

> What happens _exactly_ whey you select yourwirelessnetwork (if you
> can) and click Connect? If it tries for a time and then eventually
> can't connect, have you turned off _all_wirelesssecurity? To be sure,
> reset thewirelessrouter or access point to hardware defaults, and
> start over without enabling any security. What happens with a wired
> instead ofwirelessconnection to either computer?

I have done all those things before (see my very second message). The
only thing I didn't mention (but did in the *other* thread I refer to
in my first message in *this* thread) is that everything works fine
when I use a wired connection. It is only when I try to connect
wirelessly that things start playing up.

> >Otherwise, I am still of the view that there is an issue with the two
> >ThinkPads. Maybe it's hardware, maybe it's software, or maybe it's a
> >combination of the two (through their respective settings)?
> I think that view is almost certainly wrong. Onewirelessclient won't
> kill anotherwirelessclient (assuming it didn't kill thewireless
> router or access point).

I am only basing my 'conclusion' on what I am experiencing. Two
ThinkPads (T42p and X41) together trying to wirelessly connect to my D-
Link DSL-G624T modem/router results in both of them losing their
connection. If only one of them is connected, then everything's fine.
If I knew exactly what the problem is, I surely wouldn't be here
trying to get an answer for what has been bugging me for quite some
time.

Alan.