A complication: when the Vostro gets an IP address it is unable to ping
the router. Reloading the kernel module (e1000e) fixes the problem and
allows network communications to begin.
Are there still problems with e1000e NICs? Could my problem have been
caused by https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+
Maybe a Wireshark trace will help?
** Attachment added: "dhcp-trace-no-nbns.pcap"
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/27723423/dhcp-trace-no-nbns.pcap
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dhclient keeps timing out
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/382671
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Today's report is a bit longer. I'll attach it rather than quoting it.
** Attachment added: "network-restart-log.txt"
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/27486922/network-restart-log.txt
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dhclient keeps timing out
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/382671
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Here is this morning's console output from "sudo /etc/init.d/network
restart". It usually takes more than two tries, especially if I'm in a
hurry to log in. I've shortened a few of the longer lines by removing
whitespace only.
arichard...@vostro-1:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
[sudo] pass
