Realtek r8169 always flapping

Kseniya Blashchuk ksyblast at gmail.com
Thu Oct 29 11:28:10 UTC 2015


Thanks everyone. I also think its a hardware issue, as a USB stick works
well.

чт, 29 окт. 2015 г. в 13:38, Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au>:

> Allegedly, on or about 26 October 2015, Kseniya Blashchuk sent:
> > I noticed in dmesg that my ethernet link is flapping all the time
> > ..
> > I changed the cabling, tried to plug into another switch no difference.
> > Any ideas will be very appreciated as this flapping brings a lot of
> inconvenience.
>
> I would strongly suspect the network card is broken.  Flapping is a
> common effect seen in busted network cards.  I've even heard it said
> that it's a deliberately designed failure indicator.
>
> They do get busted easily enough, especially if you connect equipment
> between different rooms, or buildings.  There can be quite a voltage
> difference between the mains wiring, many cards don't have adequate
> galvanic isolation, or none at all.  And long wiring can pick up EMI
> from lightning storms.
>
> --
> [tim at localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp
> Linux 3.9.10-100.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Sun Jul 14 01:31:27 UTC 2013 x86_64
>
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