Re: The dreaded RTL8111/8168B, ethernet driver failure

2013-08-15 Thread oz
Hi, maybe my workaround is helpful for someone. My Problems with Realtek RTL8111/8168B on Debian 7.1 is gone after Upgrading to the wheezy-backports kernel. From: linux-image-3.2.0-4-amd64, 3.2.46-1 to: apt-get -t wheezy-backports install linux-image-3.9-0.bpo.1-amd64 firmware-realtek Some detai

Re: The dreaded RTL8111/8168B, ethernet driver failure

2013-07-08 Thread Klaus
On 08/07/13 18:16, John McCardle wrote: Thanks for the feedback, Glenn. I adapted your block for a static IP for my network: # The primary network interface iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.1.199 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255 network 192.

Re: The dreaded RTL8111/8168B, ethernet driver failure

2013-07-08 Thread John McCardle
Thanks for the feedback, Glenn. I adapted your block for a static IP for my network: # The primary network interface iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.1.199 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255 network 192.168.1.0 gateway 192.168.1.1 This caus

Re: The dreaded RTL8111/8168B, ethernet driver failure

2013-07-07 Thread Glenn English
On Jul 7, 2013, at 10:31 PM, John McCardle wrote: > I am trying to use a realtek NIC under Linux (Debian 7.1). It is the onboard > ethernet in my Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3. I'm sorry, I can't tell you how to make it go. But if it's any use, I can tell you what a known working IPv4 1000baseT/Full loo

The dreaded RTL8111/8168B, ethernet driver failure

2013-07-07 Thread John McCardle
Hello, I am trying to use a realtek NIC under Linux (Debian 7.1). It is the onboard ethernet in my Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3. I've downloaded and started to use the r8168 driver, as opposed to the free r8169, however both drivers result in the ethernet not negotiating to gigabit speed or pulling an IP