James, in your case it does look like Network Manager is reporting that the network is up before it actually is up. There are a series of existing bugs against Network Manager discussing this issue which you could subscribe to to track work on the problem.
-- nis daemon fails to attach to domain the first time it is run in Gutsy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/152794 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
