slow startup without network

[Gregg Fowler]

Michael Shulman wrote:

>Hi,
>
>When booting Ubuntu (breezy) in a network-less situation (i.e.
>unplugged and no wireless around) it takes a very long time starting
>the network interfaces and waiting for them to come up before finally
>realizing they aren't going to.  Is there a way to configure it so it
>can do this waiting in the background and continue booting the system
>meanwhile?
>
>Thanks!!
>Mike
>
>  
>
I am having the same problem here. Am working on configuring the 
wireless in my laptop. (Almost there) It hangs on configuring network 
interface while starting with no connection. I am looking for answers also.

Gregg