RTL8111/RTL8168 Network Connection Fix

[Bardobrave]

It's good news, thank you.

I will try them soon.

[IOException]

OS: Ubuntu 11.10 x86_64, kernel: 3.0.0-12-generic
Motherboard:GA-Z68A-D3-B3
Driver version: r8168-8.026.00

Before it, network worked but was terrifically unstable (from 5% up to 60% packet loss from time to time)

Solution works fine for me, Thanx a lot!

But it really strange that problem still exist after three years.

[praseodym]

Check the mtu-value of your ISP and add it to the network-manager applet instead of "Automatic"

[ratcheer]

But it really strange that problem still exist after three years.

It seems that the bug has finally been fixed in kernel 3.1.

Tim

[praseodym]

It seems that the bug has finally been fixed in kernel 3.1.

Tim

I hope so.

[ratcheer]

I hope so.

All I can say for sure is that I am able to use r8169 in Arch with kernel 3.1.1-1. I had not been able to use it when Arch was still on a 3.0 kernel.

Tim

[ahendriks]

When will kernell 3.1 be released for ubuntu? I doubt if it will be released for 11.10... so fixing is the only option for now...

[mat1983]

I got this same problem in 11.10


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john@GA-990FXA-UD5:~/Desktop/r8168-8.026.00$ sudo ./autorun.sh
[sudo] password for john:

Check old driver and unload it.
rmmod r8169
Build the module and install
Backup r8169.ko
rename r8169.ko to r8169.bak
load module r8168
FATAL: Module r8168 not found.
Updating initramfs. Please wait.
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.38-11-generic-pae
Completed.
john@GA-990FXA-UD5:~/Desktop/r8168-8.026.00$ lsmod | grep r816
john@GA-990FXA-UD5:~/Desktop/r8168-8.026.00$
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Any solutions?

many thanks

[mat1983]

it always says:


FATAL: Module r8168 not found.


and now i dont have internet

please i need help

[ratcheer]

First, the current driver is r8168-8.026.00. 24 and 25 work, but 26 is probably the one you should use. With earlier versions, the Makefile needed a slight modification for kernels higher than 2.x. This latest version seems to have accounted for any kernel version.

1) sudo depmod -a

2) Add "blacklist r8169" to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

3) Add "r8168" to /etc/initramfs-tools/modules

4) In the driver directory, run "sudo ./autorun.sh"

5) Run "sudo update-initramfs -v -u -k `uname -r`

Note that uname -r is enclosed in grave accent marks, not quotation marks.

Reboot. After you're back up, run "sudo lspci -v" to make sure that r8168 is the driver in use.

Tim