Few days ago I had tested the r8168-8.011.00 module from Realtek without success. Following the latest comments, I tried the very last release (r8168-8.012.00) of the kernel module and ... it simply worked (I could even remove NETDOWN=no in /etc/init.de/halt).
In order to make it permanent don't forget to blacklist r8169 in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf and to rebuild the initrd :
sudo depmod -a
sudo mkinitramfs -o /boot/initrd.img-$(uname -r) $(uname -r)
Few days ago I had tested the r8168-8.011.00 module from Realtek without success. Following the latest comments, I tried the very last release (r8168-8.012.00) of the kernel module and ... it simply worked (I could even remove NETDOWN=no in /etc/init.de/halt).
In order to make it permanent don't forget to blacklist r8169 in /etc/modprobe. d/blacklist. conf and to rebuild the initrd :
sudo depmod -a img-$(uname -r) $(uname -r)
sudo mkinitramfs -o /boot/initrd.