Can you please attach a screenshot of the applet you're referring to. I think this may be a mis-filed but and you are actually referring to the gnome-system-tools network applet.
-- network-manager insists on connecting to wireless network, even if wireless option is disabled https://launchpad.net/bugs/78491 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
