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Jeff said:
Tim,
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Glad to help,
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Is there anywhere in this new icon that displays the internet connection
speed? I used to like seeing that in the equivalent XP icon.

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Quoll,

the icon itself, in my case, wireless, shows bars for signal strength.
To get to speeds/kbs-mbs ya need to go to the NIC itself .
Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network and Sharing Center
then in the left pane>Manage network connections>right click on the
NIC>status

Jeff
 
Jeff said:
Quoll,

the icon itself, in my case, wireless, shows bars for signal strength.
To get to speeds/kbs-mbs ya need to go to the NIC itself .
Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network and Sharing Center
then in the left pane>Manage network connections>right click on the
NIC>status
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The icon on my system does not show any signal strength. Actually, I am
connected to the internet through a router/modem gateway which is connected
to the NIC and which doesn't show up in the Network And Sharing Center.
There seems to be no way to determine the internet connection speed other
than logging on to the router itself. It was so much simpler and more
functional under XP.

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Qu0ll spewed out this bit, and i'll scatter a few bits myself:
The icon on my system does not show any signal strength. Actually, I
am connected to the internet through a router/modem gateway which is
connected to the NIC and which doesn't show up in the Network And
Sharing Center. There seems to be no way to determine the internet
connection speed other than logging on to the router itself. It was
so much simpler and more functional under XP.
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You can right click on the icon, then go to "Network and Sharing Center",
then under your network, where is says "View status and see your speed. Is
that what your talking wanting ?

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Mhzjunkie

1 PRINT "Windows Vista ERROR"
GOTO 1
END
 
Mhzjunkie spewed out this bit, and i'll scatter a few bits myself:
Qu0ll spewed out this bit, and i'll scatter a few bits myself:


You can right click on the icon, then go to "Network and Sharing
Center", then under your network, where is says "View status and see
your speed. Is that what your talking wanting ?
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Should have said "View Status" ..and see your speed.


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Mhzjunkie

1 PRINT "Windows Vista ERROR"
GOTO 1
END
 
Mhzjunkie said:
Mhzjunkie spewed out this bit, and i'll scatter a few bits myself:

Should have said "View Status" ..and see your speed.
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That just shows me the speed of the NIC connection (i.e.. my LAN's
bandwidth) - it doesn't show me the speed of the internet connection which
is connected to the NIC. I think this is a case of where MS has made
something simple under XP much harder (if not impossible!) under Vista.

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-Q
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Qu0ll spewed out this bit, and i'll scatter a few bits myself:
That just shows me the speed of the NIC connection (i.e.. my LAN's
bandwidth) - it doesn't show me the speed of the internet connection
which is connected to the NIC. I think this is a case of where MS
has made something simple under XP much harder (if not impossible!)
under Vista.
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As long as I used XP, can't say as I've ever seen a place where it tells you
your actual internet speed.

I probably over looked something, but I doubt it.
--
Mhzjunkie

1 PRINT "Windows Vista ERROR"
GOTO 1
END
 
Mhzjunkie said:
Qu0ll spewed out this bit, and i'll scatter a few bits myself:


As long as I used XP, can't say as I've ever seen a place where it tells
you your actual internet speed.

I probably over looked something, but I doubt it.
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Trust me, it DID show the internet connection speed and it was very useful.
Showing me the bandwidth of my LAN instead is totally useless.

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And loving it,

-Q
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