Windows has no similar common software as NM, at least until Windows 8, but relies on third party dialers.
Android uses what I referred to above, and 'G' for GPRS and '4G' for LTE. iPhone uses 'E', '3G', '4G'/'LTE': http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1976 I tried digging in the history of the icons and found there the pointer to the bug referred to above. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager-applet in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1044752 Title: NM applet icon do not indicate mobile broadband access technology Status in Monochrome Icons for Ubuntu: New Status in “network-manager-applet” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “ubuntu-mono” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: It would be nice if the NM applet would indicate which broadband access technology that is used, like "E" for edge, "H" for 3.5 G, "H+" for HSPA+ and "L" for LTE. I see there is code in nm-applet do do this, but it does not seem to work. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mono/+bug/1044752/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
