On Saturday 04 May 2013 20:34:13 Darrell Anderson wrote:

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> In summary, not everyone uses a wireless connection. :-)
> We have a place to direct this conversation and patching:
> http://bugs.trinitydesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1105
> BTW, this is a healthy enhancement request but is not an R14.0.0
> priority.
>
> Darrell

It can be implemented as a KDED service, which pinging to a predefined IP (or 
to gateway) and expose the network state via DCOP. Unfortunately, is not my 
priority, because I use NetworkManager.

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Serghei