I can provide more network connection information through a dialog
box. I am suggesting this to be invoked by clicking the word
'Connected' or 'Disconnected'. I can make the latter behave like an
internet hotlink. I will also provide a menu item to invoke the dialog
box to minimize the number of clicks.

What do you think?

Edward

On 28/09/2015, fsmithred <fsmithred@???> wrote:
> Yes, the address displayed by "ip addr". I'm getting the 192.168.x.x
> number with that command, and that's the one I need. Sorry I wasn't clear.
>
> fsr
>
>
> On 09/28/2015 04:26 PM, Edward Bartolo wrote:
>> So, you are talking about the address displayed by "ip addr"? Please,
>> forgive me to ask again, but I have to be certain to avoid writing
>> code in vain.
>>
>> On 28/09/2015, fsmithred <fsmithred@???> wrote:
>>> I'm talking about the LAN address. A lot of times, one of the first
>>> things
>>> I do after booting into a new system is use sftp to move files.
>>>
>>> Also, with wicd, I've gotten used to seeing the local address, and I
>>> feel
>>> like it's a more reliable indicator that I'm online than just the word,
>>> Connected. But that's probably because I recall using
>>> gnome-network-manager, and it always lied to me, telling me I was
>>> connected when I wasn't, and vice versa.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> BTW, the zipfile you uploaded a couple of hours ago compiles and runs. I
>>> forgot to look for the panel icon to change between connected and
>>> disconnected states.
>>>
>>> fsr
>>>
>>>
>>> On 09/28/2015 03:03 PM, Edward Bartolo wrote:
>>>> Quote: "Some way to display the IP address when connected, either
>>>> on-demand or
>>>> along with the word, Connected, or some other way."
>>>> ---------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> Which ip address? If a pc is connected to a wifi the address is
>>>> something like 192.168.1.102. Are you talking about the ip address
>>>> used by the router to access the internet?
>>>>
>>>> Edward
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 28/09/2015, Edward Bartolo <edbarx@???> wrote:
>>>>> On 28/09/2015, Steve Litt <slitt@???> wrote:
>>>>>> On Mon, 28 Sep 2015 15:45:03 +0100
>>>>>> Rainer Weikusat <rainerweikusat@???> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ... and who wouldn't want his network interface to be named
>>>>>>> "enp0s29u1u2"? After all, anybody unterstands the meaning of eth0
>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>> how terribly boring!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't like it either, but even anti-systemd distros are going for
>>>>>> this Freedesktop BS. Luckily, the following command is an easy way to
>>>>>> see the names of your network interfaces:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ip link | grep "^\S" | cut -d " " -f2
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> SteveT
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Steve Litt
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>>>>>> http://www.troubleshooters.com/tjust
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