Re: Network unreliability on Dell 3050 Micro (Realtek 8168)

On June 2, 2026 8:42:20 PM GMT+02:00, Alice <[email protected]> wrote:
> hello misc. I've been running a Dell 3050 Micro for a while now and for
> as long as I've had it I've had the issue of it being extremely
> unreliable when it comes to networking. Regularly, multiple times a
> day, the network speeds will slow to a crawl (single digit kb/s
> typically) or stop working entirely, one time requiring a full reboot.
> After some discussion with a friend they recommended seeing if anyone
> else was encountering this issue with the 3050 micro or anything else
> that uses the Realtek 8168 NIC. I'm only really asking to check if this
> is a known issue and if there's anything I can do about it before I go
> out and buy a replacement NIC that's known to be reliable. 
> Thank you all 
> 

hi,

thanks for your bug report.
could you provide futher information buying a new nic?
you might found a general bug, we like to know about?!

output of: dmesg, ifconfig kstat em0::: (if em0 is your interface), vmstat -i

do you use trunk(4), vlan(4) or something similar?

thanks,
jan