r8169 driver doesn't play nice with RTL8111/8168B

[JairunCaloth]

Version - Ubuntu/Xubuntu - 11.10 amd64
Kernel - 3.0.0-15-generic

By default Ubuntu selects the r8169 driver for my network adapter. To some extent it works but it is hardly useable. Transfer speeds are very low and often connections time out. Packet loss is through the roof. Other users have reported that after some time the driver will crash and cause the entire system to lock up. The current solution for those of us with this problem is to download and build the r8168 drivers from reltek as seen here. http://djlab.com/2010/10/fixing-rtl8111-8168b-driver-debian-ubuntu/

lsusb output - post fix
08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 06)
 Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-EP45-DS5 Motherboard
 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 51
 I/O ports at de00 [size=256]
 Memory at fbbff000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
 Memory at fbbf8000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=16K]
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel driver in use: r8168
 Kernel modules: r8168, r8169

Kernel logs attached from before I updated the driver.

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