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r8168 driver deb.file

Asked by kgonesh

Is there a working mirror site where I can download a deb file for r8168 driver. I want to use this instead of the r8169 driver which comes with the dell laptop. I tried to download it from http://www.filewatcher.com/m/r8168-dkms_8.032.00-1_all.deb.85500-0.html without success.
Thanks.

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N1ck 7h0m4d4k15 (nicktux) said : 		#1

I don't have a .deb file, but I have this driver in my ubuntuone account. A friend of mine had the same problem as you, and he was able to solve it with this one.

Copy-paste the following commands one by one from here to your terminal.

   wget "http://ubuntuone.com/3tQXcWEnfbUUDSDSdiujw5" -O ~/r8168.tar.bz2
   tar -xvjf r8168.tar.bz2
   cd r8168-8.034.00/
   sudo ./autorun.sh

The autorun.sh script will install the r8168 driver in your system, but BE AWARE that in every kernel update you have to run this autorun.sh script again (same would happen with .deb file)

You can blacklist (or unload) the r8169 module and load the 8168 instead. (/etc/rc.local)

Hopefully this will solve your problem.

Regards
 NikTh

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kgonesh (kgonesh) said : 		#2

I tried your suggestion above, but it didn't work. I added an entry in the /etc/rc.local file to load the r8168 driver at start-up and see it is recognized by the system if I use lsmod | grep r816*.

In Windows 8 I have a working wireless connection on the same laptop. Another problem is that I cannot get the eth0 working.
Any suggestions to solve the wireless problems?

Best regards,
Kris

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kgonesh (kgonesh) said : 		#3

Note: I changed the wireless link card which was pre-installed on a Dell Inspiron 3521 (Dell Wireless 1705) to a Intel Wifi link 2230 b/g/n + bluetooth 4.0 which works out of the box with Windows 8 and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Dell provides some good manuals to replace hardware :)