Just for completeness since chealer on #debian insisted, my /etc/network/interfaces file:
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp ##BUG #disable auto. nm should not handle it according to docs example 3, but does #auto wlan0 ##BUG iface wlan0 inet dhcp #wireless-essid default -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]