# &applet; Applet Manual V&manrevision;

## Introduction

### &applet; Applet With Connection

Shows &applet; applet with connection.

### &applet; Applet With No Connection

Shows &applet; applet with no connection.

The &applet; applet provides a convenient way to monitor connections to wireless devices.

To add &applet; to a panel, right-click on the panel to open the panel popup menu, then choose Add to Panel Internet Wireless Link Monitor .

## Usage

When no wireless device has a connection, the &applet; displays the text `NA`, and the applet boxes are transparent.

When a wireless device has a connection, the &applet; displays the text `Wi Fi`. The color of the boxes in the panel applet indicates whether a link is established, as follows:

Green

- The wireless device has established a link.

  The strength of the link is indicated by the number of green boxes: the greater the number of green boxes, the stronger the link.

Red

- The wireless device has not established a link.

You can also display the signal strength as a percentage. For more information on how to configure &applet; to show the signal strength as a percentage, see wireless-prefs.

Each instance of &applet; can monitor only one wireless device. You must start an instance of &applet; for each wireless device that you want to monitor.

## Settings

To configure &applet;, right-click on the applet, then choose Preferences from the popup menu.

The Preferences dialog contains the following components:

Monitored Device

- Use this drop-down list to select the wireless device that you want to monitor.

Show signal strength in percentage

- Select this option to display the signal strength as a percentage.