<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Hi there, For some years I was a happy user of (X)Ubuntu, wired to the Internet. Until a couple of weeks ago when I suddenly noticed that the Network Manager applet no longer was visible next to the clock in the top hand right corner of my screen. The mail reader Epiphany didn't receive mail anymore; Google wasn't available either. I did not alter anything of the system. What do I have to do to get the connection to the Internet back again? Please be not too concise in your explanation as I have little knowledge of the ins and outs of Linux. Thanks very much, Daniel Hoogland </body> </html>