Intel e1000e Ethernet not working

Solution 1:

From the logs it seems to me you have managed to update the driver from version 2.3.2-k to 3.2.4.2-NAPI.

I fixed my Intel NUC non working ethernet by:

  • download the driver from https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/15817, currently 3.2.4.2 (as shown in lshw -C above)
  • make install in the src folder
  • rmmod e1000e
  • modprobe e1000e
  • and to make the new driver survive a reboot update-initramfs -u

This I have to repeat at every kernel update, since kernel updates still (3.13.0-63) contain the old driver version 2.3.2-k, which does not work with my Intel NUC.