[CentOS] monitor wifi

Thu Dec 22 22:23:34 UTC 2016
Richard <lists-centos at listmail.innovate.net>


> Date: Thursday, December 22, 2016 14:57:06 -0600
> From: "geo.inbox.ignored" <geo.inbox.ignored at gmail.com>
> 
> 
> On 12/22/2016 12:44 PM, Fred Smith wrote:
>> On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 12:38:28PM -0600, geo.inbox.ignored wrote:
>>> On 12/22/2016 08:04 AM, Fred Smith wrote:
>>>> On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 03:06:12AM -0600, geo.inbox.ignored
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> in not so distant past, 5.x, iirc, right clicking network
>>>>> connection icon in task bar brought up a window showing wifi
>>>>> signals in area.
>>>>> 
>>>>> this is no longer and i would like to have ability again either
>>>>> with network connection icon or with another icon that can
>>>>> reside in task bar.
>>>>> 
>>>>> any ideas or suggestions?
>>>> 
>>>> yes. on 7.3, it still does that. the only difference is that it
>>>> is left-click. in fact, as far as I can remember, it has always
>>>> been done with a  left-click.
>>>> 
>>> }}
>>> 
>>> is that with gnome or kde dte?
>>> 
>>> on a tower box;
>>>    eth0 = onboard wired ethernet
>>>    eth1 = wired ethernet card connected to a modem/router/wifi
>>>    eth? = wifi/wireless card
>>> 
>>> left click only shows the onboard wired ethernet and wired
>>> ethernet card connections.
>>> 
>>> right click shows;
>>> 
>>>    [X] Enable Networking  << grayed out
>>>    [X] Enable Notifications
>>>        Connection Information  << grayed out
>>>        Edit Connections
>>> 
>> 
>> Ah. Sorry, I should have said I'm using the Mate desktop. So you
>> may have found a bug.
>> 
> }}
> 
> would not say a bug. believe more like devs left feature out with
> 6.x.
> 
> best bet maybe to pull some 'war drive' progs, which i have been
> considering for laptop.
> 
> thanks for your replying.

It sounds like your wireless card might not be being seen. You might
want to check /var/log/dmesg to see what's happening at boot, and go
from there depending on what you find.