On 15 October 2014 10:46, Brian May <brian@microcomaustralia.com.au> wrote:
Having said this, I haven't installed/configured systemd-networkd yet, so I can'[t be certain it will fix these problems. Would be surprised if it doesn't however.

For a real life account of somebody trying systemd-networkd, see the following blog post:

http://www.joachim-breitner.de/blog/664-Switching_to_sytemd-networkd 
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Brian May <brian@microcomaustralia.com.au>