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

[Bowie J. Poag]

Ncurses, rather.

Although, nurses in promiscuous mode might be interesting. :)

Sent from my iPad

On Jun 12, 2012, at 6:36 PM, "Bowie J. Poag" <bpoag at comcast.net> wrote:

> Install "iptraf". Its a nice nurses based network monitor. 
> 
> Make sure to tell iptraf in the config menu to use promiscuous mode. If those boxes are talking, you'll see who they're talking to.
> 
> To see precisely what they're saying, use tcpdump or ethereal.
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> On Jun 12, 2012, at 6:14 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
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> Tucson Free Unix Group - tfug at tfug.org
>> Subscription Options:
>> http://www.tfug.org/mailman/listinfo/tfug_tfug.org
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Tucson Free Unix Group - tfug at tfug.org
> Subscription Options:
> http://www.tfug.org/mailman/listinfo/tfug_tfug.org