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M.H. wrote:

> I'm not currently using IBM Access Connections.  My understanding, from 
> what I was told by IBM tech support, is that you must manually switch 
> between wired and WiFI when using IBM Access Connections.  In any case, 
> IBM Access Connections is fiendishly difficult to configure properly, 
> and the Indian or whatever he was wasn't any help.  IBM Access 
> Connections is the latest release, 3.71.  Although the only way I can 
> figure to get into the thing is to use the "Access IBM" button, do a 
> keyword search, and open it from the Help Page.  So it's not what you'd 
> call user-friendly at all.

Actually, you can have Access Connections automatically switch between 
network adapters under the conditions you define, if you set it up 
correctly. My system will turn off the wireless radio and switch to 
Ethernet if it detects an Ethernet connection. If I disconnect the 
Ethernet it will then turn on the wireless and connect to my 802.11g 
network (and prompts me for permission to do so). If I boot it without 
an Ethernet connection, it will automatically try to connect to the 
wireless networks I have configured, according to the criteria I have 
defined. It will also switch default printers, change your browser home 
page, run applications, etc. according to the location detected. A few 
minutes of experimentation was all that was required to figure out the 
set-up. All in all, I think it is a pretty nice piece of work and I have 
had a pretty good experience with it.

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