Three Wise Men

If you are using Ubuntu (and probably other distributions too) and you have an on board Realtek RTL8168/8111E PCI Express network adapter you might find your network not working as it should. Slow connections or no connection at all and your logs full of messages like these:

Oct 02 09:13:25 machine kernel: r8169 0000:04:00.0: eth0: link up
Oct 02 12:45:17 machine kernel: r8169 0000:04:00.0: eth0: link up
Oct 02 12:45:20 machine kernel: r8169 0000:04:00.0: eth0: link up
Oct 02 13:15:12 machine kernel: r8169 0000:04:00.0: eth0: link up
Oct 02 13:15:13 machine kernel: r8169 0000:04:00.0: eth0: link up
Oct 02 13:22:13 machine kernel: r8169 0000:04:00.0: eth0: link up

Read on if you want to know why this happens and how to solve the problem.

Previously I already unboxed stuff, remember? This now is unboxing taken to the new level. Most of the people unbox things by taking them out of the box, removing the wrapping and packaging material. I decided to go deeper than that. Take a look at the video if you want to see how deep …

Disclaimer: twm-kd.com is not responsible for any damage to your hardware if you decide to repeat the unboxing. We are doing this knowing that warranty will be void after the procedure.