I did a fresh install of 16.04 and an upgrade to 16.1 with no other changes. I too lost the wired connection completely (including the applet). I can confirm that fix #6 worked flawlessly.
I did a fresh install of 16.04 and an upgrade to 16.1 with no other changes. I too lost the wired connection completely (including the applet). I can confirm that fix #6 worked flawlessly.