Can one have a static IP wired network connection with failover to wireless?

[Colin Law]

On 12 January 2013 22:56, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> On 01/12/2013 06:53 AM, Chris Green wrote:
>> I have a small server system on my home LAN running Ubuntu 12.10, it has
>> a static IP (in the 192.168.1.x range).  It has a hard-wired Gigabit
>> ethernet connection but I would like, if possible, to make so that if
>> the hard-wired ethernet is lost for any reason (e.g. I trip over the
>> wire, some one else vacuums it up, etc.) then the wireless connection
>> can take over.
>>
>> Is this possible with a static IP?
>>
>
> Yes. I do this on all of my laptops when at home. If I unplug the hard
> wire, wifi picks up and connects to the default AP.

Is that using Network Manager?  I find that if I enable wireless and
wired then they both connect which is not desirable, particularly if
they are both set for the same static IP.  I could not see a way of
telling it to use the wire if possible and only switch over to wifi if
necessary.

Colin