Restrict SSID in Access Connections?

Here at my company we have two wireless networks available in the building.
"guest": allows access to internet outside the DMZ
"internal": allows access to intranet
We want to restrict access to "guest" for our internal users. ls there a way to restrict access to the "guest" wireless network in AC?
Any help would be great.
Thanks!

Hi,
in case you already have this profile in the lit of all AC profiles, and you want to remove it from the list of roamed Wifi profiles, then you can remote this particular profile from the roaming list manually or in registry:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\Access Connections\Locations\%pofileName%\m_bSelectedForRoaming => change to "0" zero
Otherwise, I don't know of any otehr option, how to hide, or restrict a wifi profile for the users.
However, there might be an option how to do it.
Here is what I'm thinking of:
- use the Access Connection ADM file and restrict the clients to connect to any profile
- insert all Wifi profiles to the AC location list
- use the above description, or the ADM file to block this particular profile, so that the users will not be able to connect to it
Maybe a bit workaround more then a solution, but this should lead to the situation, that you want to happen.
Let me knwo, if this is not what you are looking for.
Cheers

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Access connections does not see wireless networks but can connect if you know the SSID

Running a Thinkpad x200 using windows 7 and Access Connections 5.42.
A few weeks ago i was traveling and was connecting to a hotel wireless network.
Could receive email but wasn't able to send email due to hotel port restrictions so long-story short version-- IT staff at hotel told me to connect via LAN. Which i did by simply plugging in LAN line to the thinkpad and to the hotel -- port -- no other changes. have done this a million times at home and elsewhere.
All is well....
until....
I get home and i notice that when i use access connections, it doesn't see any wireless connections (no icons in the radar screen). It automatically connects to my home network and i can use the home profile to connect. Same for any connection that i know the SSID for -- i can't see it but i can connect to it.
But it doesn't show any icons during "find" or find again. It only shows the home icon i am connected to. If i disconnect and try to find wireless networks. It doesn't show any.
So i know
1) radio is working
2) can connect via lan
3) can connect to a known wireless if i know the SSID and either manually configure it or if i have the profile saved
4) i have run antivirus, malwarebytes - etc -- all clean
5) have rebooted, turned radio on off
6) system restore doesn't help
7) all wireless networks are now invisible to radar screen. Have tried this at starbucks, around town - etc -- available wireless network icons are invisible
I'm not sure that hooking up LAN in the hotel did anything but it seems too coincidental. Also seem to recall a thread where this has been known to happen.
Help!!!

First off, it sees the networks. That's good. You reset network settings which usually corrects a number of problems. Let's focus on your home network and getting connected to that.
1. Reboot your router (just power it off for 10 secs). Try to connect. If it works, you are done. If not, step 2
2. Reset your network settings again. However, this time log onto your network by tapping Settings > WiFi > Other and re-entering your network name, security settings, and password.
Check your connection by tapping the blue > next to the network name with the checkmark. If your IP starts with 169.x, then you are connected but your router is not issuing you an IP address. This leads to a couple of additional problem areas - WEP encryption and outdated router firmware.
If you continue to have problems, tell us which router/model, security settings used, etc.

Access Connections - Many APs with same SSID (Again)

I have a W520 running Access Connections 6.11 (release December 2013) on Windows 7 Pro 64-bit. Access Connections is still broken in regards to dealing with multiple Access Ponts having the same SSID. It keeps hoping from one access point to another regardless of signal strength of the AP.
The most desirable strategy would be if Access Connections would find and lock on to the best signal strength AP and stay there. However, it doesn't do that. It acts almost randomly. It also keep shifting around. The rate is almost random as well. Sometimes it will stay locked on to an AP for up to 10 minutes, at other times it shifts in as little as 30 seconds.
Other laptops, from other manufacturers like HP, Toshiba, and Apple do NOT exhibit this behavior on our campus. Other Lenovo machines running Access Connections DO exhibit this behavior. The problem is NOT machine specific (ie, not hardware or some weird idiosyncracy of the particular W520 i'm posting about). The problem is Lenovo's Access Connections. The problem is also not a configuration issue with the campus. I have a network at home running Airport Extremes all having the same SSID's and the W520 in question does exactly the same behavior there. Totally different hardware at home vs campus and same behavior. I cannot change the names of the AP as a fix. This is not a capability in the configuration of the AP's. Even if it were, I shouldn't have to do it. Campuses are often configured in this way. Campuses that are large commercial users who I believe are the most lucrative Lenovo customers.
This problem has been going on for literally years with different versions of Access Connections. Here are two threads in the Lenovo Community I found in under 30 seconds. Neither was solved correctly. In other words, Lenovo never fixed the software, and people had to either give up or resort to kludge solutions in their campus configurations.
http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/ThinkVantage-Technologies/Is-it-possible-to-default-to-a-specific-Access...
http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/ThinkVantage-Technologies/Access-Connections-Many-APs-with-same-SSID/m-p...
Lenovo has actually made the problem progressively worse over time instead of fixing it. They have done this by removing the abilty to prioritize AP's by MAC address. Initially, Lenovo allowed you to configure 5 MAC addresses in order. Then, Lenovo removed that capability making it possible to only give a single MAC address as preferred. Finally, in recent iterations, Lenovo removed that capability alltogether. The box is still there in the UI, but it's greyed out. It is very frustrating to have this kind of thing happen. The prioritize capability is fundamentally a kludge, but at least it's something to give a bit of a workaround. Now we don't even have that.
Can a lenovo engineer please look at this issue and give me a timeline for resolution?
BTW, It is still not possible to configure Access Connections with a blank SSID either. I bring this up, because if you're going to fix the Access Connections code for multiple SSID's, you should be aware of the blank SSID problem as well. I imagine they are both in the same part of the Access Connections codebase, at least from a logical standpoint.
Thank you.

I found that there is a setting in the Intel driver (15.9.1.2, released 8/22/2013) for the wireless card (Centrino Advanced-N 6205). The setting adjusts the "roaming aggressiveness". I can only guess this means how often the driver goes out and tries to find a "better" signal and/or bandwidth. The card supports a/b/g so the calculus is complex as to what constitutes "better", and I have no idea how sophisticated the algorithm the driver uses is.
That said, if I set the "aggressiveness" to the most aggressive setting, things work somewhat better. They are still not as a good as other wifi managers bundled with competing products (specifically HP, Toshiba, and Apple so far), but it helps. It does appear that more of the time now, the AP having the best signal appears to be the AP the laptop is attached to.
Lenovo, please consider that forcing your customers to dig around in arcane driver settings and relying on the whims of driver writers and hardware companies to do things correctly and well, is a recipe for failure. Your customers are just going to get annoyed and say to their colleagues, "My old Toshiba seemed to do a better job of WiFi connections. I think next time, I'm going to have IT get me one of those again." And, of course, that colleague will look a lot harder at buying the Toshiba instead of the Lenovo, as well. Wifi connectivity is a very big deal for people who have to move around - and lets not forget, this is a laptop we're talking about, which is explicitly designed to, well, be moved around.
I apologize for being so pedantic, but it often takes such measures to get managers in these companies who control programmer time, to take these issues seriously and allocate the programmer resources to fix these problems.
The problem I am having is still not considered "fixed." I would very much like to hear any other solutions that work better. I would love to hear from Lenovo on the matter. Still waiting.
Thanks.

How do you get IBM Access Connections on T41 to remember channel of weak signal SSID?

I have a T41 with Windows XP SP2. It uses IBM Access Connections to connect to wireless networks.
How can I get IBM Access Connections to store the channel used by an SSID, so that it won't roam through all channels over and over looking for a better channel?

i seem unable to setup the AE to do the same thing. i can stream audio to my hifi no problems - this is cool. i can set it up to create a wireless network and give it a different ssid and channel but it doesnt seem to want to choose the same ssid. i can manually change it to the same - is this what i should do?
Yes you will manually need to enter the SSID.
however when i do this the AE trys to act as DHCP and gives a 10.1 address to the laptop which is odd
You also need to configure the AirPort Express (AX) to bridge (not share a single IP address).
should i be using the join a wireless network option instead of the create a network? but isnt this for people who are extending their networks wirelessly?
You should be using the "create a network" option.

Access Connections Block 1 Specific SSID

We are rolling out two wireless networks (guest and domain) at our home office and want to block our domain joined laptops from connecting to the guest SSID to avoid confusion and keep people connected correctly. We are planning on using Access Connections to load profiles on the domain joined laptops but would like to block users from manually connecting to the guest SSID but we still need to allow users to make other manually wireless connections when they are not at the home office, travelling, at home, etc. We basically need to block the machine from connecting to one particular SSID. Can Access Connections do this for us? Thanks.

I don't think Access Connections has this feature, and even if it did, it would be possible to use Windows wireless config to connect to the banned SSID (e.g. by not using Access Connections).
So I think you need to do this at a Windows level, not at an Access Connections level.
See if this helps:
http://www.grouppolicy.biz/2010/03/how-to-use-group-policy-to-blackwhite-list-wireless-networks-in-v...

Need help with thinkvantage access connection

Here a log file with new access connection:
Connection status:  Disconnected
Cause:  Driver disconnected while associating.
Error code:  229378
Recommended actions:
Verify that the encryption settings (WEP/TKIP/AES) specified in this profile match those expected by the wireless network.
Verify that the wireless adapter in your computer has not been restricted from accessing the radio channels being used by the wireless network.
If the problem persists, contact your network administrator and provide the troubleshooting information below.
Adapter Details
Adapter name  11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Express Adapter
Adapter type  Wireless LAN
Adapter speed  54.0 Mbps
Driver/Firmware version  7.6.0.96/ N/A
Adapter status  Enabled
Connection Status  Disconnected
Disable unused cards?  Yes
TCP/IP Settings
DHCP enabled?  Yes
Append parent suffixes of the primary DNS suffix?  Yes
Register connection's DNS suffix in registration?  Yes
Register connection's DNS suffix in DNS registration?  Yes
Enable LMHOSTS Lookup?  No
NetBIOS setting  "Default"
Wireless Settings
Network name (SSID)  linksys
Connection type  Access point
Wireless mode  Auto
Security encryption  None
System Information
System model  7732CTO
BIOS version  7LETB7WW (2.17 )
Operating system version  Windows Vista, Service pack 2
Access connections version  5.31
Access Point scan list
Network name (SSID)              Wireless mode MAC address                   Signal strength Channel
linksys                          802.11g        00:1C:10:54:65:B6              24%            11
Global Settings
Network
Allow all users of this system to switch to any existing location profile  -> No
Allow the wireless LAN radio to be turned off when inactive  -> No
Allow selection of location profiles with Fn+F5 On Screen Display menu  -> Yes
Enable autodeletion of unused profiles  -> Yes
Notifications
Show ThinkVantage Access Connections status icon in task tray  -> No
Show wireless status icon in task tray  -> No
Display the progress indicator window when a profile is being applied  -> Yes
Preferences
Enable sound effects  -> Yes
Do not show balloon tips from the Access Connections system tray icon  -> Yes
Show WiMAX page as default on Main GUI  -> No
Automatic location profile switching list
Include Ethernet connections in automatic switching and prompt me to save Ethernet ports  -> Yes
When no other connections are available, connect through Wireless WAN or WiMAX  -> No
Wireless priority list
Selection    Priority     Location profile name                                            Connection order                 Connection details
No                  1     linksys                                                          Wireless LAN                     SSID: linksys
Log File
Debug Log is enabled
It didn't happen when I use old version. Can anybody help me?

Are you getting any error message while connecting to ds..?
Are you able to go online on wired computer...?
Are you able to go online on any wireless computer on your network..?
Open the router setup page and under the wireless tab,Change the Channel width to 20MHz only and Channel to 11-2.462GHz and click on save settings...Under the Advanced Wireless Settings...Change the Beacon Interval to 75,Change the Fragmentation Threshold to 2304,Change the RTS Threshold to 2304 and Click on Save Settings...
Now,check.

Restricting SSIDs using Win2008 Radius Servers

Hello All,
I have a customer that wants to restrict SSIDs that groups get based on their AD credentials. Currently, he is using Windows 2008 Radius Server and AD with Cisco 5508 WLCs. I found examples that shows this is possible but my question is if I have 2 user groups (teachers and students) in AD and apply a policy for the Radius to send SSID x to teachers and SSID y to students. Upon successfully authentication, would this deny teachers access to SSID y and students access to SSID x?
Thanks in advance for you help! Any suggestions, comments, or links to documents on how this can be done would be greatly appreciated as well!!

From my recent memory, this would simply force the client to be placed in the appropriate WLAN ID. RADIUS will respond with WLAN ID the client should be "placed in", therefore if your "teacher policy (x)" authenticates a user, they will be pushed to WLAN ID , regardless if they connected to WLAN X or Y, presuming they're hitting the same NPS server/policies; and vice versa.
Bottom line is the network policy on the NPS is going to make the client move to the respective WLAN ID based on the "credentials" authenticated in the respective policy, regardless if they connect to WLAN X or Y. Make sure AAA override is enabled on each WLAN
List of VSAs supported on WLC
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6307/products_tech_note09186a0080870334.shtml
WLAN ID
—When the WLAN-ID attribute is present in the RADIUS Access Accept, the system applies the WLAN-ID (SSID) to the client station after it authenticates. The WLAN ID is sent by the WLC in all instances of authentication except IPsec. In case of web authentication, if the WLC receives a WLAN-ID attribute in the authentication response from the AAA server, and it does not match the ID of the WLAN, authentication is rejected. Other types of security methods do not do this.
Taken from
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk722/tk809/technologies_configuration_example09186a008082d5b5.shtml#C2
This is for IAS but the VSAs will all be the same when configured in NPS
For setting the WLAN-ID on a per-user basis:
Attribute Name—Airespace-WLAN-Id
Vendor-assigned attribute number—1
Attribute Format—Integer/Decimal
Value—WLAN-ID

X220 - Access Connections Wireless issue - Driver disconnected while associating

I am trying to connect to our wireless network at work. I have verified that my settings are correct with the other X220s that we have connecting to our network. When the connections fails and I select "help me fix this" I get four error messages.
Thanks in advance if anybody has any ideas.
Connection status:  Not connected
Cause:  The driver disconnected while associating.
Error code:  229378
Recommended actions:
The selected wireless network is out of range or unavailable. Move to a location that is closer to the access point and try again.
Verify that the encryption settings (WEP/TKIP/AES) specified in this profile match those expected by the wireless network.
Verify that the wireless adapter in your computer has not been restricted from accessing the radio channels being used by the wireless network.
Verify that the wireless network name (SSID) is specified correctly. The SSID is case sensitive.
If the problem persists, contact your network administrator and provide the troubleshooting information below.
Adapter Details
Adapter name  Intel(R) WiFi Link 1000 BGN
Adapter type  Wireless LAN
Adapter speed  54 Mbps
Driver/Firmware version  14.0.1.2/ N/A
Adapter status  Enabled
Connection Status  Not connected
Disable unused cards?  No
TCP/IP Settings
DHCP enabled?  Yes
Append parent suffixes of the primary DNS suffix?  No
Register connection's DNS suffix in registration?  No
Register connection's DNS suffix in DNS registration?  Yes
Enable LMHOSTS Lookup?  No
NetBIOS setting  "Default"
Wireless Settings
Network name (SSID)  Harvest
Connection type  Access point
Wireless mode  Auto
Security encryption  802.1x/WPA2/AES/EAP
Internet Settings
IE Settings
Home page  http://www.fyifdi.com/default.aspx
Proxy settings
Automatically detect settings?  No
Use automatic configuration script?  No
Bypass proxy for local addresses?  No
System Information
System model  42872VU
BIOS version  8DET46WW (1.16 )
Operating system version  Windows 7, Service pack 1
Access connections version  5.85
Access Point scan list
Network name (SSID)              Wireless mode MAC address                   Signal strength Channel
EnGenius1                        802.11g        00:02:6F:6E:C5:6A              23%            1
                                 802.11g        30:37:A6:C8:5B0              48%            11
                                 802.11g        00:23:33:21:9B:80              95%            1
                                 802.11g        00:14:A8:7E:60:40              25%            3
Duket Architects Planners        802.11g        00:21:29:92:57:B9              25%            6
Global Settings
Network
Allow Windows users without administrator privileges to create and apply location profiles  ->No
Allow the wireless LAN radio to be turned off when inactive  -> Yes
Enable autodeletion of unused profiles  -> No
Disable the Peer to Peer community feature  -> Yes
Allow selection of location profiles with Fn+F5 On Screen Display menu  -> Yes
Notifications
Show ThinkVantage Access Connections status icon in task tray  -> No
Show wireless status icon in task tray  -> No
Display the progress indicator window when a profile is being applied  -> Yes
Show Access connections Gauge in task bar  -> Yes
Preferences
Enable sound effects  -> No
Enable animations  -> Yes
Do not show balloon tips from the Access Connections system tray icon  -> Yes
Do not show balloon tips from the Access connections Gauge  -> Yes
Automatic location profile switching list
Include Ethernet connections in automatic switching and prompt me to save Ethernet ports  -> No
Preferred Location Of WLAN  -> No
When no other connections are available, connect through Wireless WAN or WiMAX  -> No
Wireless priority list
Selection    Priority     Location profile name                                            Connection order                 Connection details
Yes                 1     Harvest                                                          Wireless LAN                     SSID: Harvest
Log File
Debug Log is disabled
Solved!
Go to Solution.

I share your pain with same Intel WiFi Link 1000 bgn. After many, many hours yesterday I am now solidly running Wireless N at 144 Mbps on a LinkSys E4200, 99% reception from 30 feet away.
Previous to yesterday I could not get 'N' to work at all.
First, if you have a newer dual frequency Router, this Intel adapter only supports 2.4ghz..
1. I am using Access Connections 5.85, Windows 7
2. Router: 2.4 Ghz Network Mode: Mixed
3. On my LinkSys router Channel: Auto NEVER worked for either 'G' or 'N'. I picked channel 4 by chance and things got better. No further experiments.
3. Channel Width: Auto (20mhz or 40mhz).
4. Earlier forums indicate WPA2-P and AES must be selected. That's what I am running.
5. Numerous references to "power" conflicts. Set all Power Management to Maximum Power.
(Control Panel -> Device Manager ->Network Adapters -> Intel WiFi Link 1000 bgn -> Power Management)
(Access Connections -> Wireless Settings -> 4. Advanced Configuration-> Maximum Performance)
If you followed these steps, Wireless G should be working stabily for you now.
Now for the secret sauce to make Wireless N work: go to http://communities.intel.com/message/82098#82098
See Feb 3, 2010 post How to get 5100 AGN to connect at N speed?
I am indebted to this guy.
Save the instructions! For some reason my EDGE 14 wireless totally quit this week and that's what sent me down this wireless rabbit hole again. At least this time I was able to make N mode work for the first time.
Frustrated but relieved,
Lew

Access Connections does not accept Windows Wireless Config

Hi All,
We are rolling out RADIUS/802.1x wireless lan in our enterprise. The wireless settings are deplyed via AD grouo policy - no problems there.
I have an issue when i configure my access connections (ver 5.21) on my T61 machine. I configure AC to use Windows wireless security settings whcih are picked up correctly. The issues occur when i switch from this profile to another profile for exampls and vice versa. AC seems to think that i need to configure my wlan security settings each time i switch to that profile and wont connect. I get an error message:
The SSID 'WM2009' selected for this profile must be configured in windows. Click OK to configure the wireless settings in Windows'.
I know that the wireless settings are fine, as i can connect with the window wireless client fine - its just AC that has the issue.
Any ideas appreciated!

Domain policy wireless profiles are not compatible with Access Connections.
The problem stems that Domain profiles are stored in a different part of the registry than a locally created WZC profile. Since these are part of the domain policy, they cannot be altered locally. Microsoft wouldn't provide Lenovothe encryption used (for obvious security reasons), so the domain policy based profiles can't be manipulated by Access Connections.
But we do provide an ADM template that can be used to do much the same things.
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=ACON-DEPLOY

Wireless is missing from Fn+F5 and Access Connections

Hi,
I just installed a new harddrive on my T60 and restored WinXP from recovery DVD, everything seems to be work fine, I have upgrade Windows to SP3 plus all hotfixes, and updated ThinkVantage software to latest version using System Update 3. Today when I try to use WLAN I found a problem, there's no way to add a WLAN profile in Access Connections, I can choose Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG when creating new profile in AC, but after I clicked Next, I couldn't find any wireless SSID even though there is one active. The #3 dropdown (wireless mode) is also empty, the security property button is also grayed out, so I cann't proceed further.
I thought this may be becuase wireless is turned off somehow, so I used Fn+F5, to my surprise there's no wireless in it! It only has Bluetooth. I do have Wireless Network Connection 2 in Windows' Network Connections, it's listed as Not connected, the hardware manager also shows the wireless NIC without any problem, so I think WIndows does recognize the wireless NIC, but for some reason Thinkvantage refuses to recognize it, any ideas?
Thanks
Jim
Message Edited by su27k on 01-24-2009 07:40 AM
Solved!
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I solved my problem by uninstall and reinstall WLAN driver and AC (maybe other related drivers, don't quite remember). The sequence of uninstall/install is important, I think you need to uninstall AC first, and install it last.

Limited Access Connectivity

Hi,
We are using 5508 WLAN controllers in our corporate environment. Few users started getting Limited Access Connectivity. Eventhough we enable and disable wifi adapter it was the same case..The signal strength of the Radio is Excellend and when i see ipconfig..it was showing 169.X.X.X .... default IP...

Client authentication is successful. Yes other clients are able to join the same SSID.
One more thing, one user who is able to connect to wifi at his cubicle is getting limited connectivity if he moves to any conference room. In the same conference room other users are able to authenticate and successfully connecting to the wifi with same SSID. The user who is not able to connect in the conferece room, eventhough if he enable / disable wifi adapter or if he restarts also the same getting limited access..if he moves again to his cubicle he is able to connect to wifi...I am sure DHCP pool is not full. If DHCP scope is full we get a notification from monitoring system.

Cannot determine MAC address of connected Access Point using Access Connections version 5

I recently installed the newst version of Access Connections (version 5) and discovered I am unable to determine the MAC address of the connected access point. The 'Graphical' screen shows the SSID, IP address of client etc - but does not show the MAC address of the access point. The 'Details' screen shows the MAC address of the access points - but the radial button on the left does not indicate the cfurrently associated access point.

Is it the switch where the node is directly connected ?
Is the NIC at node side, working fine ?
Another fact to consider is, a mac will wipe itself out after the MAC-age timeout.
Parvesh

Access Connection - detect WLAN encryption automatically?

Hallo,
I have a problem with Access Connection: When I want to connect to an encrpted WLAN Access Connection says, "Unable to connect to the selected wireless network. You may need to configure your system to support the authentication method that is in use. Do you want to configure now?". If I click "no" nothing happens and I am not connected. If I click "Yes" the Access Connection profile Editor shows up and asks me to select the proper encryption (WEP/WPA/WPA2 etc). That's not really very comfortable. Other tools (like the build-in Windows WLAN-Manager) can detect the right settings for the encryption automatically and just promt for the key.
Why is Access Connection not able to detect the used WLAN-ecryption automatically and has to be configured by hand? is it supposed to be like that or am I doing something wrong?
Help would be greatky appreciated! Thanks!

Access Connections will normally attempt to connect to the last successfully connected profile (particularly if suspending or hibernating between locations). If that fails, it will scan the local SSIDs and see if one matches your list of profiles (so hidden SSIDs can slow this down some). It will then attempt to connect using the profiles it has based on the order in Location Switching.
So be sure that Location Switching is enabled and order your profiles (or even uncheck ones that aren't commonly used) to match where your are most often connecting wirelessly.
So basically, let Access Connections try and connect on it's own. If the pop-up connection window is annoying you, you can disable it under Global Settings and Notifications tab, uncheck the last box.

Access connection can only connect at 54Mbps

I'm running Access Connection 5.50. My W500 has Intel Wifi link 5300 AGN with PAN (driver 13.0.0.107). Going through AC, I can only get 54Mbps connecting to a TP-Link WR841N AP (BGN) but using Windows Wireless Services, I get 130Mbps. I have another T61P not running AC and it also gets 130Mbps on the same AP. What could be the problem?

Same problem here with HP 8530W + Intel 5300 AGN : just 54Mbps while other Wifi clients do get 150Mbps from my AGN router (Netgear WNDR3700). Luckily also solved, this way:
download & install Intel Proset Wireless http://downloadcenter.intel.com/SearchResult.aspx?lang=eng&keyword=%22proset+wireless%22
go to properties of Wireless settings, either using Intel or Microsoft Wireless manager. Edit the profile of the SSID, and set the band to 2.4Ghz specific. Takes a bit of searching, in Intel it's under Advanced profile properties.
Set the router's wireless security properties to use WPA2 (PSK) + AES (not TKIP)
Re-connect, be sure that "2.4 Ghz" is still enabled at the client
Voila, 300Mbps instead of 54Mbps

Switching from custom DNS suffix at work to no suffix at home with Access Connections

I have 2 profiles defined in Access Connections: (1) Home, (2) Work.
At work, I need to have custom DNS suffixes defined to help find certain servers, e.g., development.int and marketing.int. Notice that the TLD is "int", meaning it only resolves using our company's internal DNS servers. In the Work profile, I selected the Override TCP/IP settings option and entered the suffixes in the Advanced DNS Settings dialog.
However, at home, I do not have a need for these work related private DNS suffixes, and I don't want the system to try to append these 2 suffixes to the search order. I tried the following Advanced DNS Settings: (1) Use current advanced DNS settings, (2) Use the following advanced DNS settings / Append primary and connection specific DNS suffixes.
When I come home from work, Access Connections automatically connects to the Home profile, detecting my Home WiFi network's SSID.
However, when I try to login to a server at home, e.g., media_server, using PuTTY, the system tries to connect to media_server.development.int instead of *just* media_server. I, then, need to go to the TCP/IP settings manually and remove the DNS suffixes.
How would I configure Access Connections so that when I come home from work, it doesn't keep appending the work related custom DNS suffxes?

Could not find what you mentioned above.
I can go to "Additional Settings" tab, click "Settings" next to Override TCP/IP and DNS settings, click "Add Advanced DNS Settings".
At this point, I have 2 choices: (1) Use current settings, and (2) Use the following advanced DNS settings.
(1) would not work, since "current" would refer to my Work setup that *already* has the DNS suffixes entered in the search order. If I choose, (2) and just leave it at "Append primary and connection specific DNS suffixes", this DOES NOT remove the existing list of suffixes from the TCP/IP stack configuration.
Other than going into the Windows network adapter configuration UI for TCP/IPv4 and removing the sufixes manually, there is NO other solution at this point in time.
The other solution that you propose of using a script doesn't work in an automated way, as in using it in the "Start an application automatically" setting, since these types of operations require Admin privileges, and I get an "Access denied" error back at the console session that runs my script (pasted below for reference):
noDNSSuffix.cmd
===============
cscript "c:\Users\JohnDoe\Documents\Scripts\noDNSsuffix.vbs"
noDNSSuffix.vbs
===============
strComputer = "."
Set objNicConfig = GetObject("winmgmts:" & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2").Get("Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration")
intSetSuffixes = objNicConfig.SetDNSSuffixSearchOrder([""])
WScript.Echo VbCrLf & "intSetSuffixes: " & intSetSuffixes
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