[mythtv-users] Why does my dvr randomly drop from the network?

[Michael Watson]

On 25/09/2011 01:09, Rick wrote:
> On 09/24/2011 09:47 AM, John Drescher wrote:
>> On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Rick<rbonafied at gmail.com>   wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I admit I'm in a bit of a panic and I'm fearful that the answer will be
>>> a bad motherboard.  I'm keeping an open mind!
>>>
>>> The problem is my DVR randomly drops from the network within the hour
>>> after a reboot.  The link beat it still there, it just stops
>>> communicating.  If I unplug the cable and plug it back in, it comes back
>>> to life.  If I rmmod r8169 and modprobe r8169 it comes back to life.
>>> If, however, I shut down eth0 and bring it back up, it doesn't come back
>>> to life.  I even reset the bios to defaults and started again.
>>>
>>> I figured it was something with the OS, so I just reloaded the OS from
>>> scratch and it happened again.  I'm freakin!
>>>
>> The realtek r8169  was never a good nic.
>>
>> John
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> Is there a setting or something I could try?  That nic is all I have at
> the moment.
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Before you jump to the conclusion that it is your network card causing 
the issue, try running a few tests.
The Realtek R8169 may not be a good network card, but they do still 
work. (and ultra cheap)


Try a different port in the hub.
Try a different network cable.

Regards
Michael