Comment 0 for bug 221499

Ubuntu Hardy final release. My NIC RTL8111/8168B does not receive an IP address. After starting the computer, icon of the NetworkManager is animated. When it stops the wired network is reported as connected but there are all zeros (IP address, gateway, etc.) I booted from Gutsy CD and the NIC worked correctly.

Output from lspci -vvnn from Hardy

01:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [10ec:8168] (rev 01)
 Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device [1043:11f5]
 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
 Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR+ <PERR-
 Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 509
 Region 0: I/O ports at c800 [size=256]
 Region 2: Memory at dcfff000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
 Expansion ROM at dcfe0000 [disabled] [size=64K]
 Capabilities: <access denied>

Output from lspci -vvnn from Gutsy

01:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [10ec:8168] (rev 01)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device [1043:11f5]
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR+ <PERR-
        Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 18
        Region 0: I/O ports at c800 [size=256]
        Region 2: Memory at dcfff000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Expansion ROM at dcfe0000 [disabled] [size=64K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

ifconfig from Hardy

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1b:fc:9d:72:9f
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:63 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
          Interrupt:253

ifconfig from Gutsy

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1B:FC:9D:72:9F
          inet addr:147.32.112.20 Bcast:147.32.112.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: 2001:718:2:21:21b:fcff:fe9d:729f/64 Scope:Global
          inet6 addr: fe80::21b:fcff:fe9d:729f/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:1267 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:47 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:128133 (125.1 KB) TX bytes:6628 (6.4 KB)
          Interrupt:18 Base address:0x8000