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Network Status indic. on desktop?

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Name: johnr
Date: January 28, 2006 at 07:19:07 Pacific
OS: Ubuntu 1.5
CPU/Ram: 1333/512
Comment:

How/where can I get a visual desktop/tray indicator of whether my network is connected - similar to M$ system tray?

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Name: kk7av
Date: January 28, 2006 at 21:08:34 Pacific
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I have a little applet in the taskbar called, "Network Monitor" which does exactly what you're asking. I don't recall explicitly having downloaded and installed it either. It seems to have been there from the beginning. Anyway, I'm running Breezy and it's a Sony Vaio laptop.


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Name: johnr
Date: January 29, 2006 at 01:04:26 Pacific
Reply:

Thanks for that, shall do a bit of searching around.

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Name: 3Dave
Date: January 30, 2006 at 06:05:43 Pacific
Reply:

Right-click on a blank part of your task bar, select "Add to panel..", scroll down and choose "Network Monitor". You may then need to configure it with a right-click to use the correct interface (eg eth0).


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