#7785 HIGH 9.1.0: unreliable ethernet connection

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#7785: unreliable ethernet connection
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           Reporter:  AlbertCahalan    |       Owner:  dcbw         
               Type:  defect           |      Status:  new          
           Priority:  high             |   Milestone:  9.1.0        
          Component:  network manager  |     Version:  not specified
         Resolution:                   |    Keywords:               
        Next_action:  never set        |    Verified:  0            
Deployment_affected:  8.2              |   Blockedby:               
           Blocking:                   |  
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Comment(by mikus):

 Recreated the problem on another system.  This time I physically
 disconnected the ethernet cable for five minutes, then re-connected.
 Afterwards, the ethernet adapter had the useless 196.254.x.x IP address.

 Note:  not even restarting Sugar caused the useless IP address to go away.
 I had to manually 'ifconfig eth0 down', then 'ifconfig eth0 up
 192.168.1.7' (with additional parameters and commands) to get the XO
 connected to my ethernet again.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/7785#comment:10>
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