Comment 43 for bug 684599

I have icons displayed (using gnome classic desktop). I'm also fairly convinced (as I've pointed out several times in this report already) that the rate of the memory leak is exacerbated when on a WiFi connection. I use a wired ethernet connection at work, and the leak is barely perceptible. However at home, on my WiFi connection, nm-applet memory usage can easily get into the hundreds of megabytes after a full day.

I think this has to do with the fact that the icon is not updating when on a wired connection, whereas the icon is updated as the WiFi signal strength fluctuates.