Edge E530 network card - 'no link'

Question

Hello,
My Thinkpad edge of nearly 2 years has as of today stopped showing a carrier signal on it's network port.
This follows constant use under Slackware 14 since purchase (have tested with stock OS and knoppix). The first sign of trouble was in april this year when plugging in to a specific client network caused the transfer speed to slow to a permanent crawl after dhcp, and may have been triggered by plugging in to a bad wall socket at another site today.
Anyone had luck replacing them, are they too much hassle, and is there a good usb network card that could do the trick?
Shame to lose it, really liked these - and bought them for clients too.

Answer 1

Does the order in which you boot up the VMs have any impact on which one can reach the internet?
Such as; the first one that boots always gets out, no matter the VM.
This would point to a MAC limiting feature on your physical switch.
The other is, since you have teamed NICs, do both have active connections.
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