Comment 21 for bug 82927

Actually - this isn't just the applet; things like 'gaim' start and say 'waiting for network'.
ifconfig looks happy and actual connectivity is fine.

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:04:75:76:6A:CF
          inet addr:192.168.66.18 Bcast:192.168.66.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::204:75ff:fe76:6acf/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:3246 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:3058 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:3008951 (2.8 MiB) TX bytes:260019 (253.9 KiB)
          Interrupt:16 Base address:0x8000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
          RX packets:70 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:70 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:5376 (5.2 KiB) TX bytes:5376 (5.2 KiB)

tap0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 06:41:E5:83:D3:53
          inet addr:192.168.66.128 Bcast:192.168.66.255 Mask:255.255.255.255
          inet6 addr: fe80::441:e5ff:fe83:d353/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:21 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:500
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)