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On Fri, 8 Jan 2010, baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:

> I am reviving this post because my computer has given me some strange
> behavior lately, and I'm certain it's related to the NIC.
>
> I still have 2 NICs. If I boot without insmodding the cnet driver,
> everything works perfectly fine, and I have tested the computer for a
> full day in this state and nothing happened.


Search on 'rtl8169' 'stops working'.  I got 1510 results. Someone reported 
the problem for Ubuntu, and there was someone investigating a kernel bug. 
The card stops working in 5-30 minutes. 'A real power-off is needed to 
recover the card' (2007).

So it is a bug, not something wrong with your card or what you are doing.
Let us know what you learn about a possible fix.
Someone changed the MAC address in /etc/iftab.  ????

> When I insert the r8169 module, everything will work at first. There
> is no abnormal behaviour, I can ping in and out. After some time,
> though, usually around a minute or so (I suspect this depends on the
> amount of traffic), I will no longer be able to use the NIC. No error
> messages or anything, it just can't ping. It can still ping itself
> though.
>
> After another minute, the system will stop responding completely. I
> can't ping it, my SSH will disconnect, and the screen will just
> freeze. It does not accept input, ctrl-alt-del doesn't do a thing, and
> I can't even turn numlock on or off.
>
> This pattern repeats itself every time, and I can't find any relevant
> log files. I am at a loss.

Sindi