Re: Must _reboot_ to restart network [SOLVED (partially?)]

[Itay <debian@itayf.fastmail.fm>]

On Tue, 28 May 2013, Alberto Luaces wrote:

> Itay writes:
>
> > - Reboot solves the problem.
>
> When this happens to me in one of my computers, I remove and then load
> again the kernel module for my network card with "rmmod" and "modprobe"
> commands.

Indeed, this did the trick:
  $ modprobe -r forcedeth && modprobe forcedeth
(I had to wait for few days for the problem to reappear.)

Thanks also to nnex for suggesting the same solution.

I guess a more permanent solution would be to follow-up on Lazaro's 
suggestions: purge and reinstall net-tools.

But before doing so: should I report a bug?  Against the package that 
provides the forcedeth kernel module?

Thanks,
Itay