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    ASUS NUC NUC14MNK-B LAN problems

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      paha
      last edited by olivierlambert

      Hello,

      I have a problem with the LAN connection on my NUC I want to run XCP-ng on.
      The NIC in that device is the RTL8125BG-CG, 2.5G.

      The status lights on the NIC are on until I´m trying to send a package to the device or trying to do something network related in the device (for example ping to XCP-ng or ping from XCP-ng), in that moment the light on the NIC will go off for a few seconds go back on again and go off again.

      In the logs I found the following:

      Feb 15 22:18:48 xcp-ng-nuc-01 kernel: [   41.454249] r8125: eth0: link down
Feb 15 22:18:51 xcp-ng-nuc-01 kernel: [   44.902253] r8125: eth0: link up
Feb 15 22:19:04 xcp-ng-nuc-01 kernel: [   57.582241] r8125: eth0: link down
Feb 15 22:19:08 xcp-ng-nuc-01 kernel: [   61.074237] r8125: eth0: link up
Feb 15 22:19:20 xcp-ng-nuc-01 kernel: [   73.454273] r8125: eth0: link down
Feb 15 22:19:23 xcp-ng-nuc-01 kernel: [   76.946250] r8125: eth0: link up
Feb 15 22:20:24 xcp-ng-nuc-01 kernel: [  137.454219] r8125: eth0: link down
Feb 15 22:20:27 xcp-ng-nuc-01 kernel: [  140.898166] r8125: eth0: link up
Feb 15 22:20:34 xcp-ng-nuc-01 kernel: [  147.438230] r8125: eth0: link down
Feb 15 22:20:37 xcp-ng-nuc-01 kernel: [  150.890227] r8125: eth0: link up
Feb 15 22:20:50 xcp-ng-nuc-01 kernel: [  163.566212] r8125: eth0: link down
Feb 15 22:20:53 xcp-ng-nuc-01 kernel: [  167.026222] r8125: eth0: link up
Feb 15 22:21:00 xcp-ng-nuc-01 kernel: [  173.550207] r8125: eth0: link down
Feb 15 22:21:03 xcp-ng-nuc-01 kernel: [  177.014173] r8125: eth0: link up
Feb 15 22:21:22 xcp-ng-nuc-01 kernel: [  195.566219] r8125: eth0: link down
Feb 15 22:21:25 xcp-ng-nuc-01 kernel: [  199.030213] r8125: eth0: link up
Feb 15 22:21:32 xcp-ng-nuc-01 kernel: [  205.550218] r8125: eth0: link down
Feb 15 22:21:35 xcp-ng-nuc-01 kernel: [  209.006211] r8125: eth0: link up
Feb 15 22:21:48 xcp-ng-nuc-01 kernel: [  221.422184] r8125: eth0: link down
Feb 15 22:21:51 xcp-ng-nuc-01 kernel: [  224.882217] r8125: eth0: link up
Feb 15 22:22:04 xcp-ng-nuc-01 kernel: [  237.550210] r8125: eth0: link down
Feb 15 22:22:07 xcp-ng-nuc-01 kernel: [  240.998114] r8125: eth0: link up
Feb 15 22:22:50 xcp-ng-nuc-01 kernel: [  283.374203] r8125: eth0: link down
Feb 15 22:22:53 xcp-ng-nuc-01 kernel: [  286.898193] r8125: eth0: link up
Feb 15 22:23:06 xcp-ng-nuc-01 kernel: [  299.502191] r8125: eth0: link down
Feb 15 22:23:09 xcp-ng-nuc-01 kernel: [  302.970201] r8125: eth0: link up
Feb 15 22:23:22 xcp-ng-nuc-01 kernel: [  315.374200] r8125: eth0: link down
Feb 15 22:23:25 xcp-ng-nuc-01 kernel: [  319.014201] r8125: eth0: link up
Feb 15 22:23:38 xcp-ng-nuc-01 kernel: [  331.502303] r8125: eth0: link down
Feb 15 22:23:42 xcp-ng-nuc-01 kernel: [  335.210190] r8125: eth0: link up
Feb 15 22:27:36 xcp-ng-nuc-01 kernel: [  569.582127] r8125: eth0: link down
Feb 15 22:27:40 xcp-ng-nuc-01 kernel: [  573.062138] r8125: eth0: link up
Feb 15 22:27:46 xcp-ng-nuc-01 kernel: [  579.566147] r8125: eth0: link down
Feb 15 22:27:50 xcp-ng-nuc-01 kernel: [  583.162141] r8125: eth0: link up
Feb 15 22:28:02 xcp-ng-nuc-01 kernel: [  595.438125] r8125: eth0: link down
Feb 15 22:28:05 xcp-ng-nuc-01 kernel: [  598.854128] r8125: eth0: link up
Feb 15 22:28:18 xcp-ng-nuc-01 kernel: [  611.566156] r8125: eth0: link down
Feb 15 22:28:21 xcp-ng-nuc-01 kernel: [  614.990136] r8125: eth0: link up

      I hope that someone has an idea how this can be fixed.

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        MajorP93 @paha
        last edited by MajorP93

        @paha Hi

        Try to install "r8125-module" by running

        yum install r8125-module

        Reboot your XCP-ng node afterwards

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        //EDIT: Hmm I just checked on one of my XCP-ng nodes, r8125-module seems to be installed by default (despite me not using Realtek NIC).
        So installing it as suggested before will most probably have no impact in your case.

        From own experience I can say that Realtek NICs have been causing issues on Linux systems for a long time. You could try to use a different NIC, maybe even via USB adapter.
        I purchased a NIC with robust driver support on Linux on Amazon for 15$ for a private machine.
        Intel based NIC would be your best bet I guess.

        If trying a different NIC is no option your issue could possibly be fixed by XCP-ng team updating r8125 driver to latest upstream version (which seems to be 9.016.01 as of now)

        //EDIT2: another thing you should check first is disabling all sorts of energy saving options for your NIC in BIOS. PCI/PCIe ASPM being the most important one. I remembered that ASPM had been causing issues on Realtek NIC on one of my systems in the past.
        The issue you described (NIC connecting and disconnecting repeatedly) could be caused by some sort of energy saving feature bug.

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          Andrew Top contributor @paha
          last edited by

          @paha Try installing r8125-module-alt from my web page.

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            paha @Andrew
            last edited by

            @Andrew Thank you! That driver works.

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              MajorP93 @paha
              last edited by

              @olivierlambert as the driver provided by @andrew is based on upstream r8125 version 9.016.01 and seems to solve the issue of user @paha I was wondering: are there any plans to update the driver to latest upstream version in official XCP-ng package repository?

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