diff -up pidgin-2.7.11/libpurple/network.c.nm09more pidgin-2.7.11/libpurple/network.c
--- pidgin-2.7.11/libpurple/network.c.nm09more	2011-04-26 12:01:27.700085246 -0500
+++ pidgin-2.7.11/libpurple/network.c	2011-05-24 13:13:28.185165657 -0500
@@ -833,8 +833,20 @@ purple_network_is_available(void)
 			purple_debug_warning("network", "NetworkManager not active. Assuming connection exists.\n");
 	}
 
-	if (nm_state == NM_STATE_UNKNOWN || nm_state == NM_STATE_CONNECTED)
-		return TRUE;
+	switch (nm_state)
+	{
+		case NM_STATE_UNKNOWN:
+#if NM_CHECK_VERSION(0,8,992)
+		case NM_STATE_CONNECTED_LOCAL:
+		case NM_STATE_CONNECTED_SITE:
+		case NM_STATE_CONNECTED_GLOBAL:
+#else
+		case NM_STATE_CONNECTED:
+#endif
+			return TRUE;
+		default:
+			break;
+	}
 
 	return FALSE;
 
@@ -1170,9 +1182,14 @@ purple_network_init(void)
 		                                     NM_DBUS_SERVICE,
 		                                     NM_DBUS_PATH,
 		                                     NM_DBUS_INTERFACE);
+		/* NM 0.6 signal */
 		dbus_g_proxy_add_signal(nm_proxy, "StateChange", G_TYPE_UINT, G_TYPE_INVALID);
 		dbus_g_proxy_connect_signal(nm_proxy, "StateChange",
 		                            G_CALLBACK(nm_state_change_cb), NULL, NULL);
+		/* NM 0.7 and later signal */
+		dbus_g_proxy_add_signal(nm_proxy, "StateChanged", G_TYPE_UINT, G_TYPE_INVALID);
+		dbus_g_proxy_connect_signal(nm_proxy, "StateChanged",
+		                            G_CALLBACK(nm_state_change_cb), NULL, NULL);
 
 		dbus_proxy = dbus_g_proxy_new_for_name(nm_conn,
 		                                       DBUS_SERVICE_DBUS,
@@ -1207,6 +1224,7 @@ purple_network_uninit(void)
 #ifdef HAVE_NETWORKMANAGER
 	if (nm_proxy) {
 		dbus_g_proxy_disconnect_signal(nm_proxy, "StateChange", G_CALLBACK(nm_state_change_cb), NULL);
+		dbus_g_proxy_disconnect_signal(nm_proxy, "StateChanged", G_CALLBACK(nm_state_change_cb), NULL);
 		g_object_unref(G_OBJECT(nm_proxy));
 	}
 	if (dbus_proxy) {