[CentOS] Problems with Intel Ethernet and module e1000e

[Dennis Jacobfeuerborn]

On 09/23/2011 04:35 PM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:
> Volker Poplawski wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm facing a serious problem with the e100e kernel module for Intel
>> 82574L gigabit nics on Centos 6.
>>
>> The device eth0 suddenly stops working i.e. no more networking. When I
>> do ifconfig from console I get
>
> Do you have either another port on the box, or can you swap in another NIC?

Probably related to this:
http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=5034

This should be fixed in the 6.1 kernel and until that is released for 
centos you can install the Scientific Linux kernel package.

Regards,
   Dennis