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

[Greg]

On 09/24/2011 11:38 AM, Rick 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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Did you try rebooting the router?