Frank: I found a way to spoof a wireless interface. Download the fake-
wireless file (it's a copy of my /proc/net/wireless, with the eth1 entry
duplicated as fake eth0 and lo entries), put it in /tmp, then run
sudo mount --bind /tmp/fake-wireless /proc/net/wireless
killall gnome-netstatus-applet
Now if you select 'eth0', 'eth1' or 'lo' in the applet ('lo' will always
be available, even if you have no network cards), it will think this is
is a wireless interface and show the signal strength bar.
You can open the /tmp/fake-wireless file in a text editor and change the
link quality column manually to see the various signal strength icons.
A value of 1 gives me 1 bar, a value of 5 gives me 2 bars, a value of 10
gives me 3 bars, and a value of 30 (or higher) all 4 bars.
When you're done, remove the spoofed file with
sudo umount -l /tmp/fake-wireless
killall gnome-netstatus-applet
a reboot will also remove the spoof.
** Attachment added: "fake file to spoof /proc/net/wireless"
http://librarian.launchpad.net/4664222/fake-wireless
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