On 8/4/06, Jacob <fun2program8 yahoo com> wrote:
> However, enabling eth1 in the native Ubuntu networking tool causes all > the eth1 entries to be re-written into /etc/network/interfaces. If I > logout without editing this file, upon restart NetworkManager does not > recognize the wireless card at all. If I re-edit /etc/network/interfaces > and remove all eth1 references, upon restart NetworkManager *can* see > the wireless card (and access points in my area), but again, eth1 is not > enabled and NetworkManager actually cannot connect.
I think there is some confusion, Network-Manager CAN and SHOULD connect without any entries in /etc/network/interfaces. This sounds like a problem with NDISWrapper, what version of NDISWrapper are you running?