r8169 wired link down after suspend

[Mario Angelovski]

Everytime i suspend my laptop and back it ON, my ethernet connection shows Cable Unplugged, and r8169 link down.

I can mannualy turn it on with
sudo rmmod r8169
and then
sudo modprobe r8169
but i have to do it everytime i suspend my laptop.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: linux-image-4.15.0-20-generic 4.15.0-20.21
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-20.21-generic 4.15.17
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Budgie:GNOME
Date: Wed May 2 22:56:49 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-05-01 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Budgie 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
SourcePackage: linux-signed
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury)]

Did this issue start happening after an update/upgrade? Was there a prior kernel version where you were not having this particular problem?

Would it be possible for you to test the latest upstream kernel? Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Please test the latest v4.17 kernel[0].

If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tag 'kernel-fixed-upstream'.

If the mainline kernel does not fix this bug, please add the tag: 'kernel-bug-exists-upstream'.

Once testing of the upstream kernel is complete, please mark this bug as "Confirmed".

Thanks in advance.

[0] http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.17-rc4