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

Rick rbonafied at gmail.com
Sun Sep 25 13:03:31 UTC 2011


On 09/24/2011 02:00 PM, PJ wrote:
>> 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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> I'm having similar problems with my home server's Realtek RTL8111 after
> it overheated this summer. It hangs almost immediately when link speed
> is 1 Gbps or it's offloading features are enabled. As a temporary
> solution I'm using it with 100 Mbps switch and most offloading features
> disabled and it has been stable.
>
> You can try to use ethtool to set link speed to lower value and to
> disable some offloading features in case some of them are enabled by
> default.
>
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I took your advice and downloaded the latest Realtek drivers. 
Unfortunately, it still dropped from the network.  I've also changed the 
offload settings.

score so far -> me: 0, network card: 500  :)


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