On Tue, 2012-06-12 at 18:14 -0700, Jim March wrote: > 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 ???
Ad-hoc networks. More info: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Adhoc --Ted
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