diff -up gnome-applets-2.20.0/gweather/gweather-applet.c.network gnome-applets-2.20.0/gweather/gweather-applet.c
--- gnome-applets-2.20.0/gweather/gweather-applet.c.network	2007-10-21 00:12:36.000000000 -0400
+++ gnome-applets-2.20.0/gweather/gweather-applet.c	2007-10-21 00:12:41.000000000 -0400
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@
 #include <libnotify/notification.h>
 #endif
 
+#include <dbus/dbus-glib.h>
+#include <dbus/dbus-glib-lowlevel.h>
+#include <NetworkManager/NetworkManager.h>
+
 #include "gweather.h"
 #include "gweather-about.h"
 #include "gweather-pref.h"
@@ -291,6 +295,8 @@ applet_destroy (GtkWidget *widget, GWeat
     weather_info_abort (gw_applet->gweather_info);
 }
 
+static void setup_network_monitor (GWeatherApplet *gw_applet);
+
 void gweather_applet_create (GWeatherApplet *gw_applet)
 {
     AtkObject *atk_obj;
@@ -326,7 +332,7 @@ void gweather_applet_create (GWeatherApp
     g_signal_connect (GTK_OBJECT(gw_applet->applet), "button_press_event",
                        GTK_SIGNAL_FUNC(clicked_cb), gw_applet);
     g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT(gw_applet->applet), "key_press_event",           
-			G_CALLBACK(key_press_cb), gw_applet);                    
+			G_CALLBACK(key_press_cb), gw_applet);
                      
     gtk_widget_set_tooltip_text (GTK_WIDGET(gw_applet->applet), _("GNOME Weather"));
 
@@ -356,9 +362,9 @@ void gweather_applet_create (GWeatherApp
 					  NULL);
     }
 	
-    place_widgets(gw_applet);
-  
-	return;
+    place_widgets(gw_applet);        
+
+    setup_network_monitor (gw_applet);     
 }
 
 gint timeout_cb (gpointer data)
@@ -525,3 +531,52 @@ void gweather_update (GWeatherApplet *gw
 						    update_finish, gw_applet);
     }
 }
+
+static DBusHandlerResult
+filter_func (DBusConnection *connection, DBusMessage *message, void *user_data)
+{
+    GWeatherApplet *gw_applet = user_data;
+    guint32 state = NM_DEVICE_STATE_UNKNOWN;
+
+    if (dbus_message_is_signal (message,
+                                NM_DBUS_INTERFACE_DEVICE, "StateChanged")) {
+        dbus_message_get_args (message, NULL, 
+                               DBUS_TYPE_UINT32, &state, 
+                               DBUS_TYPE_INVALID); 
+        if (state == NM_DEVICE_STATE_ACTIVATED) {
+             gweather_update (gw_applet);
+        }
+
+        return DBUS_HANDLER_RESULT_HANDLED;
+    }
+
+    return DBUS_HANDLER_RESULT_NOT_YET_HANDLED;
+}
+
+static void
+setup_network_monitor (GWeatherApplet *gw_applet)
+{
+    GError *error;
+    static DBusGConnection *bus = NULL;
+    DBusConnection *dbus;
+
+    if (bus == NULL) {
+        error = NULL;
+        bus = dbus_g_bus_get (DBUS_BUS_SYSTEM, &error);
+        if (bus == NULL) {
+            g_warning ("Couldn't connect to system bus: %s",
+                       error->message);
+            g_error_free (error);
+
+            return;
+        }
+
+        dbus = dbus_g_connection_get_connection (bus);	
+        dbus_connection_add_filter (dbus, filter_func, gw_applet, NULL);
+        dbus_bus_add_match (dbus,
+                            "type='signal',"
+                            "interface='" NM_DBUS_INTERFACE_DEVICE "'",
+                            NULL);
+    }
+}	
+
