I reported issue with network-r8168 driver in [Testing Update] 2023-09-11
linux515-r8168 and linux61-r8168 (8.051.02-1) packages fail to load r8168 driver
Latest version (8.051.02-2) also fails to load r8168 driver linux61-r8168 and linux65-r8168
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASUSTeK P8 series driver: N/A modules: r8169, r8168 pcie: gen: 1
Users in a similar situation can load r8169 driver without rebooting to reinstate network connection
sudo modprobe r8169
and then use mhwd to uninstall all kernel modules and remove r8169 blacklist
sudo mhwd -r pci network-r8168
Users who need a working r8168 driver can install dkms and AUR driver r8168-dkms
pamac install dkms; pamac build r8168
and blacklist r8169
sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-r8169.conf <<< 'blacklist r8169'