<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.18.3"> </HEAD> <BODY> Daan, This doesn't sound good! ... On Sat, 2008-11-01 at 12:00 +0000, xubuntu-users-request@lists.ubuntu.com wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <TT>Even the menu item</TT> <TT>Network Manager has disappeared from the menu. </TT> </BLOCKQUOTE> Is it worth you doing a re-install of Xubuntu? If you have only just installed it, then I guess you won't lose any work? Alternatively, send me the output from these commands ... # Local name resolution .. cat /etc/hosts # DNS settings for Internet .. cat /etc/resolv.conf # Network interface settings .. sudo ifconfig # IP routing ... sudo route sudo ip route # See if you have 1. no access to the Internet OR 2. you have access but name resolution is failing .. firefox http://91.189.94.141/ & Also - Is <TT>192.168.2.1</TT><TT> your ADSL/broadband router?</TT> Does it reply to 'ping 192.168.2.1' from your PC? Regards, David </BODY> </HTML>