I’m having problems with my laptop’s network card. According to lspci it’s a “Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8618B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01)”.
The card used to work fine, but for some time now, it happens that the connection drops randomly. Unplugging and plugging makes it work again, but again just for a short time. I don’t usually work with that card (I mostly use wireless) but now I do need to use it.
What’s the problem? Is it a driver thing? Does OpenSUSE provide wrong drivers? Any way out?
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