Simultaneous Wired and Wireless connections

[Michael Altarriba <maltarriba comcast net>]

This may be a situation where the solution is "Don't use 
networkmanager", but I wanted to get your learned input before I went 
down that route...

I was running Hardy on my previous desktop machine, using both a 
wireless card and a wired connection at the same time. This was my 
interfaces file:

# /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8)
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auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

iface eth0 inet static
   address 192.168.1.1
   network 192.168.1.0
   netmask 255.255.255.240
   broadcast 192.168.1.15
   gateway 192.168.1.16

auto eth0

iface ath0 inet dhcp
   wpa-driver madwifi
   wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

auto ath0
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The wired connection was used for a few local addresses (192.168.1.0 - 
192.168.1.15) - other machines, a network-enabled printer, etc. - and 
the wireless port for everything else.

Now, I have a new desktop, with Jaunty installed... and networkmanager. 
Is this configuration too far outside of nm's comfort zone, or is there 
a way I can configure things such that networkmanager will be compatible 
with my situation? I am ready, willing, and able to make code 
modifications if needed.

-- Mike