I would like to retract my previous comment, I have the system working now with the driver supplied by the source forge e1000 driver project. As the problem was completely unrelated to the driver, chances are this also works with the stock driver supplied by Ubuntu.
Sorry for the confusion ... -- Intel e1000 gigabit desktop pro network card does not work Ubuntu 64 bit https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/300100 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs