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Display signal strenght on Network Manager icon for UMTS/3G connections  
Written by RyLoS the 26 Mar 10 at 10:22. Implemented
Display a visual icon of signal strenght in network manager (actually it's only a fixed antenna icon) for mobile connections, like GPRS, UMTS/3G.
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Selected solution (#1): Just dynamically change the icon in the traybar adding a signal strenght
Written by RyLoS the 26 Mar 10 at 10:22.
Adding a little bar or using antenna waves to visually indicate signal strenght.
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Selected solution (#2): And right-click menu
Written by konradmb the 10 Apr 10 at 19:33.
And right-click menu for info about dbi signal strenght, bts cid, HSDPA (umts and gprs) forcing and sms support
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Selected solution (#3): Like #1, but add an option to use percents
Written by Tatsel the 12 Apr 10 at 10:36.
... because I bet some Ubuntu users prefers numbers over graphs.

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Remove several wireless networks at once  
Written by ubu862 the 26 Aug 10 at 01:28. New
There might be a long list of stored wireless networks on your computer. However, if you want to remove them, you have to select them one by one, and delete them one by one. This can be very time consuming. Especially if you have a laptop and travel a lot, and connect it to many different networks.
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Solution #1: Use CTRL to select and delete several at once.
Written by ubu862 the 26 Aug 10 at 01:28.
By simply using CTRL, you should be able to select and delete several networks at once.
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Solution #2: Don't store all wireless access points
Written by Darwin Survivor the 27 Aug 10 at 08:17.
There should be a way to connect to access points without storing them for later.
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Solution #3: show only # recently used networks and button named "more"
Written by Goury the 29 Aug 10 at 14:22.
or something like this with ability to mark network as always in list and some more options. like in chromes quick deal (in new tab page)
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Solution #5: add a validity timer setting
Written by dino99 the 18 Sep 10 at 13:46.
when the session/system is closed, all these networks might be removed by default, but user might be able to set a timer for validity, that way the falldown network is removed and only the available ones are authorized for a defined duration, then renewed if necessary (need to be checked before expiration of course).
When the system/session is opened again, the network(s) are detected again, and so on.
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Solution #6: Have a 'pin' style button for one-time network connections
Written by ctbeiser the 19 Sep 10 at 02:55.
For single time network connections, have a button on the side of the network name, in the style of the pin in the menu for Tomboy used to pin a note, with an icon indicating that it could be used to connect once only. Alternatively, a pin could be used to remember a network.
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Solution #7: Do not keep AP which has never been connected to
Written by komputes the 8 Mar 11 at 21:34.
Network-manager will keep and continuously try to connect to access points if this has been attempted in the past, regardless of if a connection was established or not. Only keep/reconnect to APs where connection has been made and valid IP was given to client.

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