lucid network connection

[Laura Conrad]

I've never figured out how to tell network-manager that I want to use
the wired connection if it's there, and to only try to connect
wirelessly if the ethernet cable isn't plugged in.

So I install wicd, and tell it what I want.

On lucid, the wired connection is made, but for some reason, when I
boot, the DNS (which should be what the router provides) doesn't
happen.  That is, I can ping the router IP address, but not any sites
on the other side of the router by name.

If I disconnect the wired connection and then reconnect, everything
works OK.

Is there a better workaround than doing this manually?

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