add to /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://oil21.org/~j/NetworkManager-breezy ./and add my gpg key to apt keyring:
gpg --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 47685426; gpg --armor --export 47685426 | sudo apt-key add -than install NetworkManager with sudo apt-get install network-manager
-- NetworkManger has two parts one is run on the system level to manager connections and gather information. The other is an applet the user can interact with. Since NetworkManager is not part of main yet, you have to add nm-applet to your session once. (instructions for gnome only) Go to System -> Preferences -> Sessions In the Startup Programs tab, click Add type "nm-applet", click OK. log out of your gnome session, and log back in again.