Ubuntu
network-manager package

  1. Bug #82335
  2. Comment #9

Comment 9 for bug 82335

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Scott Zawalski (cowbud) wrote :

Network manager should either somehow check to see if the user has an internet connection (Ping a server lookup some address) or it should allow the user to check mark something saying I AM CONNECTED.

Applications like gaim and evolution do not work properly due to this because they are set to monitor network manager's connection status.

To observe this behaviour set up a static IP.