Re: SP2 Wireless Icon

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From: Bert Kinney (bert_at_NSmvps.org)
Date: 11/13/04 

Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 14:43:54 -0500

Hi Jim,

In My Network Places select "View network connections" under
Network Tasks. Double click on the Connection in question and
select properties. Put a check next to "Show icon in notification
area when connected"

Here's another utility you may want to look at.
Network Downloads : NetStat Live /// AnalogX:
http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network/nsl.htm 

-- 
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/
"Jim Wood" wrote
>I notice that after installing SP2 the little wireless icon down in my tray
> has only one blinking computer screen, not two as before.  Does anyone 
> know
> of any third-party utility that will show up/down Internet activity along
> with an indication of the connection speed?  Some USB wireless adapters 
> come
> with software that can be called up to show a screen with a 'shuffling
> bargraph' that displays up/down connection statistics on a 
> moment-to-moment
> basis.  But electing to have Windows do the wireless management supercedes
> the installation of these utilities.  It would be nice to call up a screen 
> to
> monitor the connection to see if a particularly lengthy download is truly
> slow or not.  Thanks.

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