Craig: I setup static IP using the nm-applet, not by editing the
/etc/network/interfaces by hand. In 8.04, it disables networking
entirely until I updated network-manager package. Still, apps like
firefox, and nm-applet reports that I have no working network.

Now if I just installed ubuntu, and logged in, and have to configure
static IP without changing config files, I would use "System" ->
"Administration" -> "Network" to configure IP. Now if you say that the
app does not support static IP, when why do I have the ability to
configure it in the first place?

I don't need VPN (yet) and I don't need wireless at all. I used a
standalone server/desktop and is not a roaming user.

TomasHnyk: My router is ISP provided and does not have the ability to
bind an IP to a specific MAC address.

ekingery: Network Manager has many bugs throughout many distributions,
all different. But his one in ubuntu is the most crippling in my use
case scenario.

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Can't use static ip address with network-manager (and thus no VPN connections 
menu for static users)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/5364
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