## Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Administrator's Companion by Sharon Crawford & Charlie Russel copyright (c) 2000 by Microsoft Corporation all rights reserved

Home Articles Utilities Software Electronic Book |  | Network Adapter in the System Tray You can add your Network LAN adapter to the system tray. This will allow you to easily monitor the device statistics of the adapter, both Sent and Received bytes. Right mouse click My Network Places. Choose Properties. Right mouse click Local Area Connection and choose Properties. Select the option at the bottom Show icon in taskbar when connected. This will place an icon in the System Tray when the adapter connects to the network. By hovering your mouse over the Tray Icon you can quickly view the status of your Network Adapter. Double-clicking the tray icon will launch a window to display this information. Select the Properties button from here to modify the network settings for this adapter.