On 06/12/2012 06:14 PM, Jim March 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 ???
>

Good guesses - I don't honestly know.

I would
# sudo iwlist scan
to see what details a scan shows.

-- 
-Eric 'shubes'

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