For me, it is still listed as having a wireless extension even though NM lists two wired cards (this is why it can sometimes actually bring the so-called "wired" interface up -- the card associates even though NM doesn't even know it is wireless):
eth1 unassociated ESSID:off/any I am not sure now if I was corrent in saying that restarting NM sometimes works. I usually unload and load my driver: "rmmod ipw2200; modprobe ipw2200" -- Network manager sometimes gets the device type wrong https://launchpad.net/bugs/60162 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs