Comment 3 for bug 159980

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fran cook (fmccook) wrote :

I've had the same experience using an Asus A8V-XE w/Via VT6102.

Messages Log:
Dec 9 17:07:27 ofm kernel: [ 4322.000000] NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
Dec 9 17:07:27 ofm kernel: [ 4322.000000] eth0: Transmit timed out, status 0003, PHY status 786d, resetting...
Dec 9 17:07:27 ofm kernel: [ 4322.000000] eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x41E1
Dec 9 17:07:39 ofm kernel: [ 4334.000000] NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
Dec 9 17:07:39 ofm kernel: [ 4334.000000] eth0: Transmit timed out, status 0003, PHY status 786d, resetting...
Dec 9 17:07:39 ofm kernel: [ 4334.000000] eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x41E1

I have tried stopping and starting networking which failed to fetch an address from the dhcp server.
When I cold-boot, the network connection is re-established for a varying period of time.

I have now created a fixed address (not using dhcp). I'll post the results.