Soon after updating the DreamPlug to 3.12-rc6, I noticed that the Ethernet connection kept dropping, even though the # route command still showed it as OK..

I found a patch for the problem, and it works – for me..   http://www.spinics.net/lists/arm-kernel/msg281285.html

Be aware…. this patch is still being tested, and may be changed before it is ‘officially’ released, for -rc7 (or – maybe – 3.12 final?)

Robert Gadsdon  October 21, 2013.