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

Rick rbonafied at gmail.com
Sat Sep 24 15:38:21 UTC 2011


On 09/24/2011 11:28 AM, Michael Watson wrote:
> 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
>
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I've tried a different port (no difference).  I'll go try a different 
network cable.


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