Multiple network monitor applets

[Liam Proven]

On 11/1/07, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> On 11/01/2007 09:35 AM, David Vincent wrote:
> > Liam Proven wrote:
> [snip]
> >>
> >> What's the point of having 2? It seems redundant...
> >>
> >
> > by default you are looking at "Network Manager" which won't look like
> > much to you unless you have a wireless network.  the other applet is a
> > little gnome thingy to give you pretty lights when you have network
> > activity.  that one is nic specific so if you have multiple network
> > cards you will need to add it more than once to your panel and then
> > configure it for each interface.
> >
> > network manager does not blink or do anything to show you you have
> > network activity - it changes from the little icon you are used to to a
> > wireless lan strength meter depending on which network you are actively
> > connected to.
> >
> > google network manager for more info on it.  on my desktop machines i
> > disable it and add the gnome applet to get my pretty lights.  :)

Ah, great stuff! Thanks for that!

Still seems a little redundant to me. Don't they do much the same sort
of thing? Could they not be rolled into one?

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