Hello,
I've recently discovered (or perceive) that there's been some issues with the LAN hardware of my P35 motherboard. It's a Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3R.
I haven't really identified or noticed it before but now, it seems to be happening quite often. My internet loses its connection quite often and I was trying to narrow the problem down or eliminate what ISN'T the problem. I thought it might be the ISP, the router, sheer chance or coincidence or that it was a temporary blip. But, it was happening way too often for it to be some minor problem and there are other computers connected to it (not mine) and they haven't had any problems.
I started reseaching the LAN chipset and noticed there have been reports of problems although I am not entirely sure if most are related but a few sounded similar. Anyway, I only really suspected it is related to the Linux LAN driver (or the Realtek one for Linux) when I pulled out the ethernet cord. My internet then connected after I plugged it back in.
Previously, I'd be rebooting or using 'ifup eth0' etc. etc. to try to get my connection back. However, even if it returned, it was just a matter of time until I lost the connection again.
Is there anyone who knows about this problem or has a better (or more accurate) idea of it?
I haven't experienced it as bad before or perhaps, it's just happening more often that it's become extra annoying?
I am using Kubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04. However, I have other distros in other partitions. AFAIK, the same thing happens in other distros but I would need to spend more time using them to make sure. I had no indication or reason to believe it was a distro-specific problem.
Edit: one more test I tried is booting into Windows XP (on the NTFS partition) after I lost the connection in Kubuntu. As soon as I got into Windows, I tried the internet and there was a connection. Hmmmm... ???
Thanks for any assistance or attempts to help me understand what's going on.
I've recently discovered (or perceive) that there's been some issues with the LAN hardware of my P35 motherboard. It's a Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3R.
I haven't really identified or noticed it before but now, it seems to be happening quite often. My internet loses its connection quite often and I was trying to narrow the problem down or eliminate what ISN'T the problem. I thought it might be the ISP, the router, sheer chance or coincidence or that it was a temporary blip. But, it was happening way too often for it to be some minor problem and there are other computers connected to it (not mine) and they haven't had any problems.
I started reseaching the LAN chipset and noticed there have been reports of problems although I am not entirely sure if most are related but a few sounded similar. Anyway, I only really suspected it is related to the Linux LAN driver (or the Realtek one for Linux) when I pulled out the ethernet cord. My internet then connected after I plugged it back in.
Previously, I'd be rebooting or using 'ifup eth0' etc. etc. to try to get my connection back. However, even if it returned, it was just a matter of time until I lost the connection again.
Is there anyone who knows about this problem or has a better (or more accurate) idea of it?
I haven't experienced it as bad before or perhaps, it's just happening more often that it's become extra annoying?
I am using Kubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04. However, I have other distros in other partitions. AFAIK, the same thing happens in other distros but I would need to spend more time using them to make sure. I had no indication or reason to believe it was a distro-specific problem.
Edit: one more test I tried is booting into Windows XP (on the NTFS partition) after I lost the connection in Kubuntu. As soon as I got into Windows, I tried the internet and there was a connection. Hmmmm... ???
Thanks for any assistance or attempts to help me understand what's going on.
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