Z60t Trouble with Wireless LAN

A few weeks ago my Z60t ThinkPad developed trouble connecting to my LAN and I don't know why. The LAN connects my desktop and laptop via a Linksys router, which also provides the Internet access. The desktop, which has no wireless, connects by cable. The ThinkPad used to connect by wireless for many months, but it no longer does automatically. I can connect the ThinkPad via cable without any trouble. When I try ThinkVantage to find the LAN, it shows the proper name assigned to my LAN (as well as another access point that presumably belongs to a neighbor). When I click to connectto the LAN, the Access Connections window appears - but with the wrong name! Naturally it does not connect. I have no idea where that name, BApart, comes from. It does not show on the ThinkVantage panel of Wireless Networks and it is not the neighbor's LAN. I have never used it before. Occasionally Access Connections comes up with another name that I earlier used for my LAN before it switches to BApart and finally gives up.
The only way I can get the wireless connection working again is to use a Linksys program, which is very slow but usually makes the connection finally. Occasionally even it gets stuck. Once it makes the wireless connection, it works fine - until the next time I turn on the laptop or experiment with ThinkVantage to see if I can get it to connect again.
Where are those wrong names stored? Why do they pop up instead of the right name? How do I get rid of them permanently?

Bucky:
This happens to me fairly often after applying Microsoft Windows updates. To fix the WiFi interface, I have to boot into Safe Mode, then go into the Device Manager, delete the LAN (ethernet interface), then reboot.
The device manager won't let me delete the WiFi interface (says that interface is needed for booting), but will let me delete the LAN interface. Somehow, that makes the WiFi interface work again.
This recurring pain is why I have purchased no more Lenovo computers.
Chris Shaker
Message Edited by cjshaker on 03-02-2009 02:10 AM

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