[CentOS] [SOLVED] (maybe) Eth1 problem on CentOS-6.3

[James B. Byrne]

I seem to have resolved this issue by installing the alternate kernel
module for this chip set available from elrepo.


# /sbin/lspci -nn | grep -i net
.  .  .
01:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [10ec:8168] (rev
03)
.  .  .

# /sbin/lspci -n | grep '01:00.0'
01:00.0 0200: 10ec:8168 (rev 03)

Using the the device id (10ec:8168) to search:

  http://elrepo.org/tiki/DeviceIDs

shows that this matches:

r8168.ko

pci    10EC:8168    kmod-r8168


# yum whatprovides kmod-r8168
. . .

kmod-r8168-8.031.00-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64 : r8168 kernel module(s)
Repo        : elrepo
Matched from:
. . .

# yum install kmod-r8168
.  .  .
Setting up Install Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package kmod-r8168.x86_64 0:8.031.00-1.el6.elrepo will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

================================================================================
 Package          Arch         Version                      
Repository    Size
================================================================================
Installing:
 kmod-r8168       x86_64       8.031.00-1.el6.elrepo         elrepo   
    73 k

Transaction Summary
================================================================================
Install       1 Package(s)

Total size: 73 k
Installed size: 533 k
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
.  .  .

This seems to have cleared up the problem on both hosts but, only time
will tell.



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