[Thinkpad] T41p: installed Cingular & AirCard, lost 11a/b/g radio

Last night I installed Cingular Communication Manager (v5.1.10.0) to
drive a PCMCIA Sierra Wireless AirCard 860. When it asked if I wanted
CCM to take control of my WiFi connections, I said no, leave it with
the ThinkVantage Access Connections. The difference is (or is
supposed to be) whether I get both GSM and WiFi tabs, or just the GSM.
I though GSM-only was the safe answer.

When I rebooted, my 11a/b/g radio was not working. I think I might
have been able to turn it off through FN-F5 (so I could be sure I was
connecting to Cingular and not the hotel's pathetic free wireless).
But it wouldn't go back on, whether I used Access Connections or gave
CCM control and told it to turn it on!

System Restore wouldn't go back either, so in the end I uninstalled
CCM, uninstalled the 11a/b/g's drivers, and shut down. When I started
up again, Windows found the radio and everything seems to be working.

Except the hotel is still crap and I don't have my card installed.

Does anyone have experience with this? Known conflicts? Perhaps if I
tell CCM to take control of WiFi right from the start, would it be
better?

And while I'm at it, if anyone uses CCM, it found the network, 5 bars,
signal -62dBm, but when I connect I get
Error 668: The connection was terminated, which is not listed in the
help screen.

Does anyone have advice on the latter?

Thanks!

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 Andrew                          mailto:awebber@wwwebbers.com
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