diff -Nur bzr.debian.0.9.5/src/NetworkManagerDbus.c bzr.debian.0.9.5.new/src/NetworkManagerDbus.c
--- bzr.debian.0.9.5/src/NetworkManagerDbus.c	2007-06-25 17:38:42.000000000 +0200
+++ bzr.debian.0.9.5.new/src/NetworkManagerDbus.c	2007-06-25 17:38:42.000000000 +0200
@@ -302,6 +302,9 @@
 	if (data->asleep == TRUE)
 		return NM_STATE_ASLEEP;
 
+	if (data->always_online == TRUE)
+	  return NM_STATE_CONNECTED;
+
 	act_dev = nm_get_active_device (data);
 	if (!act_dev && !data->modem_active)
 		return NM_STATE_DISCONNECTED;
diff -Nur bzr.debian.0.9.5/src/NetworkManagerMain.h bzr.debian.0.9.5.new/src/NetworkManagerMain.h
--- bzr.debian.0.9.5/src/NetworkManagerMain.h	2007-06-25 17:18:17.000000000 +0200
+++ bzr.debian.0.9.5.new/src/NetworkManagerMain.h	2007-06-25 17:38:42.000000000 +0200
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
 	gboolean				modem_active;
 	gboolean				asleep;
 	gboolean				disconnected;
+	gboolean                                always_online;
 
 	GSList *				dialup_list;
 	GMutex *				dialup_list_mutex;
diff -Nur bzr.debian.0.9.5/src/nm-device.c bzr.debian.0.9.5.new/src/nm-device.c
--- bzr.debian.0.9.5/src/nm-device.c	2007-06-25 17:38:42.000000000 +0200
+++ bzr.debian.0.9.5.new/src/nm-device.c	2007-06-25 17:38:42.000000000 +0200
@@ -195,6 +195,8 @@
 	/* Allow distributions to flag devices as disabled */
 	if (nm_system_device_get_disabled (dev))
 	{
+		/* In this case, we assume we're always online */
+		app_data->always_online = TRUE;
 		g_object_unref (G_OBJECT (dev));
 		return NULL;
 	}