Strange airport menu icon?

[kugino]

has anyone seen this airport menu icon? it occurs when i have airport turned on and it has located a signal, but i'm not using that airport signal...

 

[kugino]

oops, here's the screenshot:

 

[Tiauguinho]

I never seen that Airport icon... weird... When I have it on but not connected to any Airport Base Station, it just stays grey bars. When its off, it doesnt have the grey bars.

 

[gairloch]

What it means...

afik that icon means you have created your own network and that has been selected. I guess it might mean that you are the host or originator of a network...

 

[kugino]

no answers yet, huh? i don't have a base station near me in my office...i'm showing someone else's network, so i don't think i've created my own network.

 

[virividox]

its probably connected to anohter computers personal network, so another airport possibly broadcasting i get that icon when i start broadcasting from my airport

 

[Foxer]

I seem to remember seeing that icon when I created my own network at home with two Airport equipped machines. Do you have two macs? I certainly has something to do with networking.

 

[7on]

It means you're on an ad-hoc network, or computer 2 computer. ANd if you use it for long, you'll soon realize why people buy Access Points (Base Stations).

 

[janey]

Originally posted by 7on
It means you're on an ad-hoc network, or computer 2 computer. ANd if you use it for long, you'll soon realize why people buy Access Points (Base Stations).

i thought it was computer to computer only?

ive created comp to comp networks before, theyre totally crappy....