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ozar
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Re: Realtek RTL8111C Controller Compatibility

Didn't work for me.

I installed Arch Linux with the 2.6.25.10 kernel and it used the r8169 driver. The connection does work on very rare occasions, but it fails after most reboots. The r8168 driver wouldn't compile for me, either.

It's a terrible thing to say, but I had to install WinXP just to get back online to find a fix.

Still searching, but thanks to all that have replied.
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permalink · 2008-07-12 00:52:45 · Print · Reply to this
garywk

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Re: Realtek RTL8111C Controller Compatibility

said by ozar See Profile :

Didn't work for me.

I installed Arch Linux with the 2.6.25.10 kernel and it used the r8169 driver. The connection does work on very rare occasions, but it fails after most reboots. The r8168 driver wouldn't compile for me, either.

It's a terrible thing to say, but I had to install WinXP just to get back online to find a fix.

Still searching, but thanks to all that have replied.
I have the RTL8111/R8168B chip in a Biostar A770 motherboard. It won't work with the 2.6.25-2-amd64 or 2.6.18-amd64 kernel (not recognized). It does work with the 2.6.24-1-amd64 kernel though. Well, at least most of the time anyway. If I try to do a packet capture with Wireshark on that interface I have to ifup/ifdown that interface again before it will work.

I have 2 NICs (2nd NIC not the same chipset) and both will stop carrying HTTP traffic under both the 2.6.18 and 2.6.25 kernels if I start up the Marvell NIC or do a packet capture under the 2.6.24 kernel. To fix that I have to ifdown the problem NIC under the 2.6.18 and 2.6.25 kernels. Under the 2.6.24 kernel I have to stop the capture and ifdown the Marvell NIC. As soon as I do that the other NIC starts sending/receiving normally again and then I can restart the Marvell NIC.

BTW, these are stock Debian kernel images. I've tried compiling the source code for the driver from realtek too, but it won't compile on my machine.
permalink · 2008-07-12 05:08:46 · Print · Reply to this
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