I have the same problem. I need to deactivate and reactivate eth0 from Gnome networking prefs. There is my /etc/network/interafces :
auto lo eth0 iface lo inet loopback
iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.1.102 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.1.1 wireless-essid kothlis wireless-mode managed
I have the same problem. I need to deactivate and reactivate eth0 from Gnome networking prefs. There is my /etc/network/ interafces :
auto lo eth0
iface lo inet loopback
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.102
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1
wireless-essid kothlis
wireless-mode managed