[arch-general] Realtek 8111/8168/8411 Blues - cannot get dhcpcd address (link UP)

[David C. Rankin]

On 08/20/2015 05:56 PM, Anatol Pomozov wrote:
> Check this threadhttps://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=200514  is
> it what you see?
>
> What happens if you downgrade to dhcpcd-6.9.0 ?

I will check, but there is something not right going on. I did manage to get an 
inet address assigned by dhcpcd (for a minute) when I rebooted to box, pulled 
the CD out, let it boot to the point of "Install System Disk and Press Any Key", 
put the CD back in, and booted non UEFI mode.

I was going to just assign a static address, but checked 'ifconfig' before 
disabling dhcpcd and BINGO there was a proper IPv4 address handed out by my 
dhcpd server (it handed out .166 which was correct, because it handed the broken 
box .165 an hour before)

However, by the time I went to ping anything, or start sshd so I could ssh into 
the box, the connection went dead again (meaning 'ip link' still shows Status 
UP; if config still shows correct IP address, but any attempt to ping results 
in: network not found...)

I'll read the thread and let you know if I found a solution. Any other thoughts, 
just let me know.

-- 
David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.