I ran into this issue today with a fresh (and fully updated) install of Hardy.
Upon further investigation, /etc/network/interfaces had "auto eth0" about two lines underneath the end of my static settings. I moved "auto eth0" back above the connection where it belongs, .../networking restart, and now things are working fine.
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I ran into this issue today with a fresh (and fully updated) install of Hardy.
Upon further investigation, /etc/network/ interfaces had "auto eth0" about two lines underneath the end of my static settings. I moved "auto eth0" back above the connection where it belongs, .../networking restart, and now things are working fine.