It looks like this issue was solved today. I rebooted 4 times and didn't have to de-activate / activate the network. Maybe the new dhcp packages received today solved this?
2007-09-07 18:05 /var/cache/apt/archives/dhcp3-client_3.0.5-3ubuntu4_amd64.deb 2007-09-07 18:05 /var/cache/apt/archives/dhcp3-common_3.0.5-3ubuntu4_amd64.deb -- [Tribe5] Need to de-activated and re-activated to work right https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/134267 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs