#6135 NORM Future : UI does not indicate autoip vs. dhcp connection

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#6135: UI does not indicate autoip vs. dhcp connection
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  Reporter:  dwmw2            |       Owner:  marco         
      Type:  defect           |      Status:  new           
  Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Future Release
 Component:  network manager  |     Version:                
Resolution:                   |    Keywords:                
  Verified:  0                |    Blocking:                
 Blockedby:                   |  
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Comment(by gnu):

 Where is this info available in the current UI?  In update.1-690, and in
 Ship.2, hovering over the wireless network connection (to an access point)
 in the donut screen produces just:  "SSID, Channel: 6, Disconnect button".
 No info about IP address (or lack thereof) at all.

 (Note: I'm using an access point, not mesh.  People with access points
 have the same trouble, determining where the problem with their
 connectivity is.)

 (Perhaps if I had a working mesh here, it would tell me.  If I click on a
 Mesh circle, it disconnects me from my access point.  Then if I click on
 the access point again, it tries to connect with both, and reports status
 on the mesh: "Mesh Network 6, Looking for an XO Mesh Portal...".)

 Use the Macintosh OSX control panel "Network Status" information as your
 touchstone.  There they
 report, for each device, whether it's connected, what its IP addresses
 are, and whether the address is self-assigned (ad-hoc without Internet
 access) or actually connected to the Internet.

 I do think it's counter-intuitive that the info we provide appears over
 the WiFi circle in the donut screen, but not when hovering over the same
 WiFi circle in the Network screen.

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