[Tfug] Urgent: need to ID some Network Manager icons - STAT!

Mathias Gibbens mathias at calenhad.com
Tue Jun 12 18:34:26 MST 2012


On Tue, 2012-06-12 at 18:27 -0700, Jim March wrote:
> >  Have you tried the iwlist command? It can report information about
> the
> > detected wireless networks. I prefer using the command line, since I
> > don't have to guess at icon meanings in NM or other programs. I'm
> > running Fedora, but it should be the same for Ubuntu: "iwlist scan".
> > Then you can see what the reported mode is for a network. I'd guess
> > ad-hoc from the picture.
> >
> > Mathias
> 
> Huh...it's showing nothing at all!  And yeah, those icons are still
> there... 

Maybe those are Bluetooth networks? They do appear to have a separate
section in the menu. That's the only other thing I can think of right
now, if they're not wifi.

Mathias
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