Intel Corporation PRO/100 VE connects to the Internet only at times

Here is the output of ifconfig when the network doesn't work:

:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:36:CA:DB:80
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:14 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:309 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:2856 (2.7 KB) TX bytes:36500 (35.6 KB)

eth0:avah Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:36:CA:DB:80
          inet addr:169.254.8.205 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
          RX packets:60 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:60 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:5550 (5.4 KB) TX bytes:5550 (5.4 KB)

Here's the output of ifconfig when the connection works:

:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:36:CA:DB:80
          inet addr:192.168.0.102 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::216:36ff:feca:db80/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:338 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:572 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:157546 (153.8 KB) TX bytes:74519 (72.7 KB)

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
          RX packets:65 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:65 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:5990 (5.8 KB) TX bytes:5990 (5.8 KB)

Any ideas?

I have the same issue.

If you do dmesg inbetween re replugging, it does not register the "link". After a few goes, you get.... (am using a Xen kernel in this example, but was the same in regular kernel.) This is a big issue for me.

[ 310.356159] e100: peth0: e100_watchdog: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex
[ 310.358265] eth0: port 1(peth0) entering learning state
[ 310.360043] eth0: topology change detected, propagating
[ 310.360048] eth0: port 1(peth0) entering forwarding state

...and then the network port will work.

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This bug was reported against the linux-meta package when it likely should have been reported against the linux package instead. We are automatically transitioning this to the linux kernel package so that the appropriate teams are notified and made aware of this issue. Thanks.

Hi albertomilone,

Please be sure to confirm this issue exists with the latest development release of Ubuntu. ISO CD images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/ . Please then run following command from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal). It will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report.

apport-collect -p linux-image-`uname -r` 172295

Also, if you could test the latest upstream kernel available that would be great. It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream-testing' tag. This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the 'needs-upstream-testing' text. Please let us know your results.

Thanks in advance.

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This bug report was marked as Incomplete and has not had any updated comments for quite some time. As a result this bug is being closed. Please reopen if this is still an issue in the current Ubuntu release http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download . Also, please be sure to provide any requested information that may have been missing. To reopen the bug, click on the current status under the Status column and change the status back to "New". Thanks.

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