A followup. A quick shutdown of network manager reveals that it is a problem with NM. When its down the apps connect without a problem, when its up, they cannot connect unless eth0 is plugged in.
-- Network Applications not picking up network connection https://launchpad.net/bugs/91310 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
