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santilococo

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Registered: 2021-01-12

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[SOLVED] Problem with Realtek 8111/8168/8411 | No internet | r8169

Info: Dual boot arch and windows 10, a REALTEK 8111/8168/8411 controller that uses the r8169 realtek driver.
Issue: When I reboot from Windows to Arch, the internet will work fine, but if I reboot from Arch to Windows it will stop working.
Thanks.

Last edited by santilococo (2026-05-05 19:18:34)

linerman

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Registered: 2021-02-16

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Re: [SOLVED] Problem with Realtek 8111/8168/8411 | No internet | r8169

Hi,

I have got the same card.

There are two solutions.
Lame way:
1. As written in Wiki, the card needs to be off to work properly. When using Windows or Arch do not reboot. Just power off, wait for about 15 seconds, and then power on computer.
Connection should be established.

Correct way:
2. Install https://archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/r8168/ driver as suggested in Wiki, and blacklist r8169 driver.

a.

 sudo pacman -S r8168 

b.

 sudo modprobe r8168 

c.

 sudo echo "blacklist r8169" > /etc/modprobe.d/r8169_blacklist.conf 

d. update your initrams eg.

 sudo mkinitcpio -p linux 

There is also r8168 driver for kernel: linux-lts.

santilococo

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Registered: 2021-01-12

Posts: 2

Re: [SOLVED] Problem with Realtek 8111/8168/8411 | No internet | r8169

Thank you so much!