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

[John Hubbard]

JD Rogers <rogersjd at gmail.com> wrote:

on the command line:
iwlist wlan0 scanning

replace wlan0 with your wireless device. Should give you lots more
info on each device the card can see.

On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 8:14 PM, Jim March <1.jim.march at gmail.com> wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I'm observing the counting of the vote in Pima County tonight.  On my
> personal laptop (running Ubuntu 12.04 64bit, Gnome 3 Classic desktop,
> Network Manager 0.9.4) I'm seeing WiFi "somethings" with an alternate
> icon.  Screenshot:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/1jimmarch/7181962971/
>
> "PrettyFlyForAWiFi" is my personal Android cellphone doing a hotspot,
> that I'm connected to.  But what exactly are those other three?
>
> I've looked for Network Manager documentation and haven't found squat.
>  And my Android 2.3 cellphone doesn't show 'em at all.
>
> Trying to connect to them in Ubuntu fails.
>
> Are these PCs set to ad-hoc mode, or WiFi printers, or ???
>
> FAST answers a plus...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim
>
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Don't you need to be root or run as sudo? Read the man page I thought different behavior was encountered for super users...
-- john (from a mobile device)
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