[Klug-general] Occasional problem with eth0 link down after booting

[nic dan]

James
Similar problems in Puppy linux, though seems fixed in rev2 cards

http://linuxhcl.com/browse/product+realtek--rtl81118168b-pci-express-gigabit-ethernet?id=7593

Aitch
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> Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 09:45:31 +0100
> From: jwm.art.net at gmail.com
> To: kent at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Subject: [Klug-general] Occasional problem with eth0 link down after booting
> 
> Hi,
> 
> As in the subject line, sometimes after booting up the PC it has no
> networking connection. A reboot later and it does.
> 
> I posted on the Arch Linux forums to try and get help there so perhaps
> I could be helpful and file a bug report or something. Another user
> has replied saying they have the same problem and the same hardware,
> namely:
> 
> Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI
> Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01)
> 
> Just wondering if anyone else experiences this, but is using a
> different distro/hardware combination. Or, if someone with more
> technical knowledge of networking has ideas about where the problem
> might originate?
> 
> It's not a big deal, just quite irritating to have to start working in
> the same vein as a m$ user ;-)
> 
> Cheers,
> James.
> 
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