Network connection

[Tom H]

>> Have you checked the IPTABLES settings?
>> "sudo iptables -L"

> I got this which does no say much to me:
>
> Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
> target     prot opt source               destination
>
> Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
> target     prot opt source               destination
>
> Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
> target     prot opt source               destination

It means that iptables is not blocking your network access (it anyway
could not have been the culprit since you were able to use your
network without NM or WICD).