Ethernet not working on Ubuntu with Realtek RTL8111/8168B

Thanks to rvdavid, the network on my new PC is now working, despite Ubuntu misrecognising it:

How to Get Gigabit Speeds from RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller on Ubuntu Linux.

How to Get Gigabit Speeds from RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller on Ubuntu Linux

This is the kind of thing I had to do 10 years ago. I thought we'd moved on...

Originally posted at 2012-01-21 08:22:40+00:00. Automatically generated from the original post : apologies for the errors introduced.

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