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So, today I had this random annoying problem when I was browsing the web with Firefox. One minute the internet was fine, the next minute the internet was gone and on top of that the network-manager applet stopped working (even when I restarted the computer, it persisted). The nm-applet was greyed out and it said "Networking disabled". If anyone ever has this problem, I hope this solution will find you well. I looked all over Ubuntu forums (many people had the same problem as me), but the forum's answers didn't work for me.

☺Thank yous go to Praveen, the dude came up with it: http://www.geekyard.com/os/linux-os/fix ... ntu-10-04/

So basically, you open up the terminal and type in these commands The problem was fixed immediately for my case, but you may need to restart the computer.

I'm still very new but maybe try this:

http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=92488

edit: whoops, wrong thread, sorry for the bump, was meant for another thread.

I just RMB networking on the panel near the clock, untick enable, then retick enable and it restarts.

rdonnelly wrote:I just RMB networking on the panel near the clock, untick enable, then retick enable and it restarts.

That was the first thing I tried. How can I do that if networking is disabled? So...no...

So, I'm having the same problem with my wireless internet connection. I pasted the code into the terminal, restarted the computer, and nothing changed. Any suggestions?

Ok, first become admin:
terminal> su
enter password
NOW, type in those commands again and see if it works

it didn't work - i'm just realizing that the original post may be for a wired network? I'm having trouble with my wireless network - would the code be something completely different?

No, that happened on my lappy on my wi-fi. I don't know about wired problem. I dunno, sorry

For me it worked smoothly. All you have to do is to run the commands as root (use sudo in front of every one of the 3 command lines)