network is starting with eth2 instead of eth1 on second nic

I have two NIC's on my machine. eth0 is to the Cable Modem. eth1 is to the LAN.
When I rebooted, the second one did not come up. eth2 came up instead (in "roaming mode") and eth1 won't come up.
When I do /etc/init.d/networking restart:

root@www:/etc/network# /etc/init.d/networking restart
 * Reconfiguring network interfaces... There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.eth0.pid with pid 9004
killed old client process, removed PID file
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.4
Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

Listening on LPF/eth0/00:1a:92:59:c7:33
Sending on LPF/eth0/00:1a:92:59:c7:33
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPRELEASE on eth0 to 172.19.73.16 port 67
ath0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.ath0.pid with pid 134993416
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.4
Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
ath0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
ath0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
Bind socket to interface: No such device
Failed to bring up ath0.
wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.wlan0.pid with pid 134993416
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.4
Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
Bind socket to interface: No such device
Failed to bring up wlan0.
eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
SIOCSIFNETMASK: No such device
eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
Failed to bring up eth1.
There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.eth0.pid with pid 134993416
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.4
Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

Listening on LPF/eth0/00:1a:92:59:c7:33
Sending on LPF/eth0/00:1a:92:59:c7:33
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3
DHCPOFFER from 10.96.192.1
DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
DHCPACK from 10.96.192.1
bound to 70.162.26.204 -- renewal in 32646 seconds.

My /etc/network/interfaces file:
more /etc/network/interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
address 127.0.0.1
netmask 255.0.0.0

iface eth0 inet dhcp
address 192.168.2.50
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.2.1

iface eth1 inet static
address 192.168.0.1
netmask 255.255.255.0

auto ath0
iface ath0 inet dhcp

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp

auto eth1

auto eth0

This file is auto-generated and I haven't edit'd it at all.
Of course, this causes problems with things like DHCP3 server that are binding to interface eth1.