From: "Ed Durrant" Received: from mxout1.mailhop.org ([63.208.196.165] verified) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.9) with ESMTP id 422713 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Wed, 11 Oct 2006 04:21:16 -0400 Received: from mxin1.mailhop.org ([63.208.196.175]) by mxout1.mailhop.org with esmtp (Exim 4.51) id 1GXZKy-000EZH-2c for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Wed, 11 Oct 2006 04:21:15 -0400 Received: from omta05sl.mx.bigpond.com ([144.140.93.195]) by mxin1.mailhop.org with esmtp (Exim 4.51) id 1GXZKx-0001N4-Ht for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Wed, 11 Oct 2006 04:21:11 -0400 Received: from [192.168.30.2] (really [147.10.172.143]) by omta05sl.mx.bigpond.com with ESMTP id <20061011082102.CSWD15497.omta05sl.mx.bigpond.com@[192.168.30.2]> for ; Wed, 11 Oct 2006 08:21:02 +0000 Message-ID: <452CA969.7030401@bigpond.net.au> Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 18:20:57 +1000 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (OS/2/20060727) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless]OT(?): ThinkVantage? Access Connections References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH PLAIN at omta05sl.mx.bigpond.com from [147.10.172.143] using ID edurrant@bigpond.net.au at Wed, 11 Oct 2006 08:21:02 +0000 X-Mail-Handler: MailHop by DynDNS X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) Carl Gehr wrote: > This may be somewhat OT, but I just happened upon this on the > IBM/Lenovo site: > "ThinkVantage? Access Connections" >> http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/think/thinkvantagetech/accessconnections.html > > "Avoid support costs by allowing users to seamlessly switch between > wired and wireless environments, managing security settings, printers, > home page and other location-specific settings automatically." > > It also says: > "Access Connections works with Microsoft Windows XP and 2000 and is > conveniently installed on all new ThinkPadŽ notebooks." > > Anyone seen or tried this? To those of you who understand such > technical details: Any chance of taking advantage of some of this to > port something similar for OS/2? It would surely respond to a number > of the questions that have appeared here. > > Carl > > Yes I use this utility on my works Thinkpad, it's pretty neat. That said, I would suggest that writing suitable scripts yourself for WLANMON and installing Genmac for both Wired and wireless connections, the same effect could be achieved. Cheers/2 Ed.