The quick and dirty way to fix things for Edgy: Go to file /usr/share/system-tools-backends-2.0/scripts/Network/Ifaces.pm, line 3137 (subroutine get_interface_replace_table, section "debian-3.0") and remove 'W' from between %external_line% and %phone_number%.
The quick and dirty way to fix things for Edgy: Go to file /usr/share/ system- tools-backends- 2.0/scripts/ Network/ Ifaces. pm, line 3137 (subroutine get_interface_ replace_ table, section "debian-3.0") and remove 'W' from between %external_line% and %phone_number%.