Network System preferences pane missing

Went to adjust network preferences and unable to find network system pre. pane. May have deleted it accidently.
Do not have high speed connection so most of my updates from 10.3.7 to 10.3.9 would have to be done all over again.
Is there better alternative than a total reinstall of the OS?
Mac Mini 1.25   Mac OS X (10.3.9)  

Douglas,
Do you see a Network Preference Pane in your Macintosh HD/System/Library/PreferencePanes Folder?
If not, it is probably gone and you can replace it by extracting the file from your Panther System Disk with Pacifist.
;~)

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