Realtek r8168 on Ubuntu 12.04

1. Download the driver from here, current version is 8.038.00.
2. Extract to /usr/src

   cd /usr/src
   tar xjvf ~/Downloads/r8168-8.038.00.tar.bz2
   

3. Create /usr/src/r8168-8.038.00/dkms.conf

   PACKAGE_NAME="r8168"
   PACKAGE_VERSION="8.038.00"
   CLEAN[0]="make clean"
   BUILT_MODULE_NAME[0]="r8168"
   BUILT_MODULE_LOCATION[0]="src"
   DEST_MODULE_LOCATION[0]="/updates"
   MAKE[0]="'make' 'modules'"
   AUTOINSTALL="YES"
   REMAKE_INITRD="YES"
   

4. Add, Build and Install the module with DKMS

   dkms add -m r8168 -v 8.038.00
   dkms build -m r8168 -v 8.038.00
   dkms install r8168/8.038.00
   

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