Apple USB Ethernet Adapter after reboot

Hello everyone,
We have a group of 3 or 4 MBAs that are showing this same issue. Whenever we reboot we need to unplug and then replug in the ethernet adapter in order for it to connect to the network. This same problem is seen regardless of the adapter being plugged directly into the computer or through a USB hub.
It also happens when we "undock" and then dock back in from the USB hub.
Has anyone else see this issue? Have you found a solution?

Yes, Yes and NO!
What's worse is sometimes you get full 100Meg/Full Duplex and even Bonjour services, then for no reason it connects at 10base half duplex and NO BONJOUR.
I'm convinced it's the USB-Ethernet adaptor, as I get the same problem using it with a MacBook Pro, at first it works great, then you restart and it looses Bonjour and sometimes you can see all the Bonjour enabled devices drop off the Shared list in the Finder.
I've had this problem ever since I started using the MB AIr (Late 2010) model.
I don't think Apple are bothered about fixing the problem, as they seem to assume all MB Air users are on Wireless (which also has it's problems)
It remains to be seen if Lion fixes it or they just give up and go to ThunderBolt on the next generation MB Airs with a suitable Gigabit adaptor.

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