Comment 40 for bug 20960

(In reply to comment #37)
> Mmmm... Rather strange... I added the above lines in the three files you tell
> me, I removed the "auto ..." line from e/n/i, I booted several (seven or eight)
> times, and I'm unable to reproduce the bug :/
>
The effect of the "auto" lines is that your network cards will be configured in
both S:S40networking and in parallel with that -- this could mean that your
network is configured, then deconfigured, which would explain what you saw with
those auto lines in place. It would also be temperamental.