Hey man, I just wanted to thank you again and really appreciate your help!
I think it should be running, though I’m also confused why r8169 shows up here
lsmod | grep r816
r8168 561152 0
r8169 98304 0
mdio_devres 16384 1 r8169
libphy 159744 3 r8169,mdio_devres,realtek
and here (now driver is 69 while module is 68 while with ‘blacklist r8169’ it was the other way around)
inxi -Nxa
Network: Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169 v: kernel
modules: r8168 port: f000 bus-ID: 22:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
Device-2: Belkin F7D2102 802.11n N300 Micro Wireless Adapter v3000 [Realtek RTL8192CU] type: USB driver: rtl8192cu
bus-ID: 3-1:2 chip-ID: 050d:2103 class-ID: 0000 serial: 00e04c000001
I have blacklisted it according to the new link of @kisun (thanks for that!)
cat /etc/modprobe.d/r8169_blacklist.conf
# https://forum.manjaro.org/t/ethernet-does-not-work-neither-through-router-nor-wifi-both-work-on-windows-and-i-can-connect-to-other-wifi/89283/3
#blacklist r8169
install r8169 /bin/true
Realtek no link / WOL problem
I tried out “Enable WOL in Windows driver” which was already enabled, didn’t try the other two options which I might come back to later.
I looked at the Dual Boot link and disabled fast startup and hibernation completely. I’ve tried to recreate the problem twice now and I think that might have fixed it. (Also tried only disabling fast startup which did not work). I’ll come back to you tomorrow and let you know if I am able to reproduce the error! If this is only it, might be able to use r8169 but will also test that tomorrow.
linux514-headers is not installed. If it works, should I still install it?
Also found this: Internet works on wifi, live ISO and Windows laptop but wont work on ethernet on current system - #7 by megavolt