Comment 5 for bug 194832

okay, compiling the new e1000 driver seemed to do the job, i now get 40mbs, no pulsing, and would get more speed i guess if my other nic card wasn't limited to a mtu of 7000.

See below for more details:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/e1000/

The e1000 version: 7.6.15.4 module should be included in Hardy.