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agodnic

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Registered: 2013-03-02

Posts: 3

wired NIC Atheros AR8152 v1.1 disconnects over time

Hello!

I'm having a bad time with my Atheros AR8152 nic, when i connect to a wired network it just disconnects past a few minutes.
Some context information:

lspci -v:

01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR8152 v1.1 Fast Ethernet (rev c1)
	Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device ff1e
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
	Memory at d5400000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
	I/O ports at 3000 [size=128]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: atl1c

dmesg:

[    5.393636] systemd-udevd[156]: renamed network interface eth0 to enp1s0
[    4.983439] atl1c 0000:01:00.0: version 1.0.1.0-NAPI

lsmod:

atl1c                  35119  0 

After the OS boots, i perform dhclient enp1s0 or dhcpcd enp1s0 and i can manage to connect to the wired network for a few seconds, at most a couple minutes:

PING www.google.com (173.194.42.19) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from eze03s05-in-f19.1e100.net (173.194.42.19): icmp_seq=1 ttl=57 time=13.6 ms
64 bytes from eze03s05-in-f19.1e100.net (173.194.42.19): icmp_seq=2 ttl=57 time=15.7 ms
64 bytes from eze03s05-in-f19.1e100.net (173.194.42.19): icmp_seq=3 ttl=57 time=15.7 ms
64 bytes from eze03s05-in-f19.1e100.net (173.194.42.19): icmp_seq=4 ttl=57 time=13.7 ms

But then the network connection drops down:

ping gateway:

PING 10.0.0.2 (10.0.0.2) 56(84) bytes of data.
From 10.0.0.5 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable
From 10.0.0.5 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable
From 10.0.0.5 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable
From 10.0.0.5 icmp_seq=4 Destination Host Unreachable
From 10.0.0.5 icmp_seq=5 Destination Host Unreachable
From 10.0.0.5 icmp_seq=6 Destination Host Unreachable
From 10.0.0.5 icmp_seq=7 Destination Host Unreachable

ping self:

PING 10.0.0.5 (10.0.0.5) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 10.0.0.5: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.022 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.0.5: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.028 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.0.5: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.039 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.0.5: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.042 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.0.5: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=0.041 ms

ip addr:

2: enp1s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:26:6c:bb:aa:18 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 10.0.0.5/24 brd 10.0.0.255 scope global enp1s0
    inet6 fe80::226:6cff:febb:aa18/64 scope link 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

In order to reconnect, the only way i found is restarting the router and putting down/up enp1s0 and running dhclient enp1s0 again. Then start again all over...
It may look like a router problem, but i'm using the same router with a debian box set with dhcp and ethernet connection works fine.

Some additional information: when i installed the base system, i did it via this nic and it went smooth. Maybe an upgrade broke this?

I've been searching the forums but couln't find a similar case to mine. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance!
PD: Sorry about my bad grammar, english is not my mother language :P

Last edited by agodnic (2013-03-03 03:04:57)

steve13814

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Registered: 2013-03-03

Posts: 2

Re: wired NIC Atheros AR8152 v1.1 disconnects over time

Hi. I'm experiencing the same problem on my NB too!(using Atheros AR8151)
It happens commonly when I play facebook game.
I also found out that even doing nothing(just idling my NB) for some times it will happen.
When it happens, I have to unplug my ethernet cable then plug it to let NetworkManager to reconnect to temporarily solve this problem.
I've been using Archlinux on this NB for two years. Can't remember exact when this problem first occurs. Maybe in a month.

lspci -v

05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit Ethernet (rev c0)
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 1851
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 46
	Memory at dd800000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
	I/O ports at a000 [size=128]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: atl1c

dmesg | grep atl

[    6.427395] atl1c 0000:05:00.0: version 1.0.1.0-NAPI
[   13.925516] atl1c 0000:05:00.0: irq 46 for MSI/MSI-X
[   13.926027] atl1c 0000:05:00.0: atl1c: eth0 NIC Link is Up<100 Mbps Full Duplex>

lsmod | grep atl

atl1c                  35183  0

when it happens,

ping gateway

PING 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
From 192.168.1.103 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.103 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.103 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.103 icmp_seq=4 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.103 icmp_seq=5 Destination Host Unreachable

--- 192.168.1.1 ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 0 received, +5 errors, 100% packet loss, time 3999ms

ping myself

PING 192.168.1.103 (192.168.1.103) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.1.103: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.041 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.103: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.051 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.103: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.052 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.103: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.054 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.103: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=0.054 ms

--- 192.168.1.103 ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 3999ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.041/0.050/0.054/0.008 ms

ip addr

eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP qlen 1000
    link/ether f4:6d:04:1d:31:24 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 192.168.1.103/24 brd 192.168.1.255 scope global eth0
    inet6 fe80::f66d:4ff:fe1d:3124/64 scope link 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

no new messages in journalctl -b and dmesg

not knowing what to do next to debug

rogernaranjo

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Registered: 2011-12-09

Posts: 2

Re: wired NIC Atheros AR8152 v1.1 disconnects over time

Any solution? I have exactly the same problem.

steve13814

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Registered: 2013-03-03

Posts: 2

Re: wired NIC Atheros AR8152 v1.1 disconnects over time

I saw one article in archlinux forum about NetworkManager random disconnection issue(https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=158834), so I changed my network manager from NetworkManager to wicd.
Since then, I did not encounter such problem again.
It's a pity that wicd cannot configure vpn directly, otherwise it's perfect for me.

uka

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Registered: 2011-10-25

Posts: 19

Re: wired NIC Atheros AR8152 v1.1 disconnects over time

I'm having the same issue, I had no problems at all with a 32 bit installation and using mostly custom kernels, then I updated to 64 bit and ArchLinux's stock kernels and I'm having disconnects all the time.

Sometimes it works for hours, but then, it keeps disconnecting.

I was logging with Wireshark one day, but after gigabytes of data, nothing, and today it has been awful, about every 5 minutes.

I'm using wicd.

Last edited by uka (2013-06-15 21:02:34)

Strike0

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From: Germany

Registered: 2011-09-05

Posts: 1,485

Re: wired NIC Atheros AR8152 v1.1 disconnects over time

Google shows plenty of other distro's users recently having the same problem. Also there is https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57681
Maybe you want to add your information there that it also applies to 3.9. One report on fedora seemed to suggest it helps to disable the wifi while using ethernet.

parijathakumar

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Registered: 2011-08-29

Posts: 8

Re: wired NIC Atheros AR8152 v1.1 disconnects over time

I too confirm it. I am facing the exact same problem on my ASUS laptop. I have Atheros AR8151 driver.

Edit : However, as was told to have been suggested on fedora forums, wired connection works without any problem if I completely disable Wireless. I have been testing it for the last one hour. It's working. Thanks.

Last edited by parijathakumar (2013-07-29 06:39:42)