[SOLVED] No wireless signal strength indicator?

[Ack226]

New Ubuntu user here. I'm posting this from my new Ubuntu install! :D

I got my wireless set up pretty easily, and it's working great, but I have no signal strength indicator on my desktop panel. From the documentation I've read I should have a wireless signal strength indicator showing in place of the "2 black monitors" network indicator in the upper-right. Well, even when I'm connected via wireless and not plugged in at all I only get the "2 monitors."

Is this normal? How can I get a wireless signal strength indicator up on my desktop?

[spd106]

The signal strength indicator is actually the panel icon for the Network-Manager control applet (nm-applet). If you have disabled roaming mode for the interface in System -> Administration -> Network, then you are using the old Network-Admin capplet, which doesn't have a signal strength indicator for it's panel icon.

If you switch roaming mode back on it should re-appear, but you can't set static IP address etc in this mode. This feature will be added in Ubuntu 8.10.

[Ack226]

Turning on Roaming Mode did it. I don't need any special settings for this connection, so everything's working great now. Thanks a lot!

[caljohnsmith]

Ack226, if you want a wifi signal strength monitor that works regardless of whether you are using roaming mode, DHCP, or a static IP, try "kwifimanager". It works great in Gnome:

sudo apt-get install kwifimanager
kwifimanager