Ethernet keeps deactivating and reactivating randomly

The one at home is a Technicolor TC7200 router, but not sure for the one at work or at university. It happens irrespective of the place where I’m at.

Have you tried the https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/r8152-dkms/

Yes tried them and they give the same result sadly. Will try the ipv6 on the router in a bit to see if it works

You may be able to turn off ipv6 also in the network settings.

ipv6 does not do anything for me. However a new problem arose that my entire system now freezes and crashes when trying to access NM settings when wired. I might opt for a fresh install tonight after I back up some stuff.

You can try to turn off the power saving features

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Just did a fresh install and it appears as if the issue is gone and everything seems to work better now. So I am not sure what caused it as my previous installation was merely a week old. I will test my system and reinstall some of the packages and report back if the issue comes back.

Sometimes heavy usage of AUR packages cause issues. So it is advisable to always prefer official packages, and only if a official package is not available and you need that, then use AUR.
Of course I don’t know if you had any AUR packages, so this is just a general remark.

The only AUR package I had was the dkms driver I installed earlier, I don’t have that many other packages installed besides the pre-loaded ones.

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and how is security settings on thunderbolt3 ? just reading
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Thunderbolt#User_device_authorization

So the reset did not help, the connection is still switching on and off randomly.

Security settings also don’t help either. The thing is, it is not only limited to my ethernet connection but also wlan. But NetworkManager does not remove the wlan device after a failed dhcp event.

@Tiget1998
What does this show?

journalctl -u NetworkManager -b

Edit: Also please try the following in Networks set link negotiation from ignore to automatic.

okt 20 09:57:18 user systemd[1]: Starting Network Manager...
okt 20 09:57:18 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716638.8330] NetworkManager (version 1.32.12-1) is starting... (for the first time)
okt 20 09:57:18 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716638.8341] Read config: /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf (lib: 20-connectiv>
okt 20 09:57:18 user systemd[1]: Started Network Manager.
okt 20 09:57:18 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716638.8392] bus-manager: acquired D-Bus service "org.freedesktop.NetworkManager"
okt 20 09:57:18 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716638.8426] manager[0x55734e031010]: monitoring kernel firmware directory '/lib/fir>
okt 20 09:57:18 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716638.9140] hostname: hostname: using hostnamed
okt 20 09:57:18 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716638.9141] hostname: hostname changed from (none) to "user"
okt 20 09:57:18 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716638.9143] dns-mgr[0x55734dfea250]: init: dns=default,systemd-resolved rc-manager=>
okt 20 09:57:18 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716638.9151] rfkill0: found Wi-Fi radio killswitch (at /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:>
okt 20 09:57:19 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716639.1611] manager[0x55734e031010]: rfkill: Wi-Fi hardware radio set enabled
okt 20 09:57:19 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716639.1613] manager[0x55734e031010]: rfkill: WWAN hardware radio set enabled
okt 20 09:57:19 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716639.1702] Loaded device plugin: NMWifiFactory (/usr/lib/NetworkManager/1.32.12-1/>
okt 20 09:57:19 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716639.1746] Loaded device plugin: NMTeamFactory (/usr/lib/NetworkManager/1.32.12-1/>
okt 20 09:57:19 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716639.1768] Loaded device plugin: NMWwanFactory (/usr/lib/NetworkManager/1.32.12-1/>
okt 20 09:57:19 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716639.1773] Loaded device plugin: NMOvsFactory (/usr/lib/NetworkManager/1.32.12-1/l>
okt 20 09:57:19 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716639.1785] Loaded device plugin: NMBluezManager (/usr/lib/NetworkManager/1.32.12-1>
okt 20 09:57:19 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716639.1792] Loaded device plugin: NMAtmManager (/usr/lib/NetworkManager/1.32.12-1/l>
okt 20 09:57:19 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716639.1793] manager: rfkill: Wi-Fi enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state fi>
okt 20 09:57:19 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716639.1794] manager: rfkill: WWAN enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state file
okt 20 09:57:19 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716639.1794] manager: Networking is enabled by state file
okt 20 09:57:19 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716639.1798] dhcp-init: Using DHCP client 'internal'
okt 20 09:57:19 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716639.1800] settings: Loaded settings plugin: keyfile (internal)
okt 20 09:57:19 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716639.1827] device (lo): carrier: link connected
okt 20 09:57:19 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716639.1829] manager: (lo): new Generic device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devi>
okt 20 09:57:19 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716639.1860] rfkill2: found Wi-Fi radio killswitch (at /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:>
okt 20 09:57:19 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716639.1863] ovsdb: Could not connect: No such file or directory
okt 20 09:57:19 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716639.1863] ovsdb: disconnected from ovsdb
okt 20 09:57:19 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716639.1866] device (wlan0): driver supports Access Point (AP) mode
okt 20 09:57:19 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716639.1871] manager: (wlan0): new 802.11 Wi-Fi device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkMana>
okt 20 09:57:19 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716639.1894] manager: startup complete
okt 20 09:57:19 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716639.1895] device (wlan0): state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed>
okt 20 09:57:19 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716639.4027] device (wlan0): set-hw-addr: set MAC address to AE:27:DA:CC:8A:59 (scan>
okt 20 09:57:19 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716639.7063] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: internal-starting -> discon>
okt 20 09:57:19 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716639.7065] Wi-Fi P2P device controlled by interface wlan0 created
okt 20 09:57:19 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716639.7070] manager: (p2p-dev-wlan0): new 802.11 Wi-Fi P2P device (/org/freedesktop>
okt 20 09:57:19 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716639.7076] device (p2p-dev-wlan0): state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason >
okt 20 09:57:19 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716639.7095] device (wlan0): state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason 'supp>
okt 20 09:57:19 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716639.7111] device (p2p-dev-wlan0): state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reas>
okt 20 09:57:29 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716649.1995] policy: auto-activating connection 'networkname' (fb7fef1b-00aa-4d31->
okt 20 09:57:29 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716649.1999] device (wlan0): Activation: starting connection 'networkname' (fb7fef>
okt 20 09:57:29 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716649.1999] device (wlan0): state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none', s>
okt 20 09:57:29 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716649.2000] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTING
okt 20 09:57:29 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716649.2006] device (wlan0): set-hw-addr: reset MAC address to C0:B8:83:D7:5E:E2 (pr>
okt 20 09:57:29 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716649.2012] device (wlan0): state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none', sys-ifa>
okt 20 09:57:29 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716649.2014] device (wlan0): Activation: (wifi) access point 'networkname' has sec>
okt 20 09:57:29 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716649.2014] device (wlan0): state change: config -> need-auth (reason 'none', sys-i>
okt 20 09:57:29 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716649.2015] sup-iface[eb8bc8351b0e599d,0,wlan0]: wps: type pbc start...
okt 20 09:57:29 user NetworkManager[440]: <warn>  [1634716649.2026] device (wlan0): no secrets: No agents were available for this request.
okt 20 09:57:29 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716649.2026] device (wlan0): state change: need-auth -> failed (reason 'no-secrets',>
okt 20 09:57:29 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716649.2027] manager: NetworkManager state is now DISCONNECTED
okt 20 09:57:29 user NetworkManager[440]: <warn>  [1634716649.2028] device (wlan0): Activation: failed for connection 'networkname'
okt 20 09:57:29 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716649.2029] device (wlan0): state change: failed -> disconnected (reason 'none', sy>
okt 20 09:57:29 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716649.2036] device (wlan0): set-hw-addr: set MAC address to 72:6B:19:05:AE:2E (scan>
okt 20 09:57:29 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716649.9455] agent-manager: agent[a55a397e3306c041,:1.26/org.kde.plasma.networkmanag>
okt 20 09:57:30 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716650.5297] policy: auto-activating connection 'networkname' (fb7fef1b-00aa-4d31->
okt 20 09:57:30 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716650.5301] device (wlan0): Activation: starting connection 'networkname' (fb7fef>
okt 20 09:57:30 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716650.5301] device (wlan0): state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none', s>
okt 20 09:57:30 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716650.5303] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTING
okt 20 09:57:30 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716650.5310] device (wlan0): set-hw-addr: reset MAC address to C0:B8:83:D7:5E:E2 (pr>
okt 20 09:57:30 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716650.5316] device (wlan0): state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none', sys-ifa>
okt 20 09:57:30 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716650.5317] device (wlan0): Activation: (wifi) access point 'networkname' has sec>
okt 20 09:57:30 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716650.5317] device (wlan0): state change: config -> need-auth (reason 'none', sys-i>
okt 20 09:57:30 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716650.5318] sup-iface[eb8bc8351b0e599d,0,wlan0]: wps: type pbc start...
okt 20 09:57:30 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716650.5457] device (wlan0): state change: need-auth -> prepare (reason 'none', sys->
okt 20 09:57:30 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716650.5460] device (wlan0): state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none', sys-ifa>
okt 20 09:57:30 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716650.5462] device (wlan0): Activation: (wifi) connection 'networkname' has secur>
okt 20 09:57:30 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716650.5462] Config: added 'ssid' value 'networkname'
okt 20 09:57:30 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716650.5462] Config: added 'scan_ssid' value '1'
okt 20 09:57:30 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716650.5462] Config: added 'bgscan' value 'simple:30:-70:86400'
okt 20 09:57:30 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716650.5462] Config: added 'key_mgmt' value 'WPA-PSK WPA-PSK-SHA256 FT-PSK'
okt 20 09:57:30 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716650.5462] Config: added 'auth_alg' value 'OPEN'
okt 20 09:57:30 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716650.5462] Config: added 'psk' value '<hidden>'
okt 20 09:57:30 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716650.5883] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> scanning
okt 20 09:57:30 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716650.5883] device (p2p-dev-wlan0): supplicant management interface state: disconne>
okt 20 09:57:31 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716651.6195] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: scanning -> authenticating
okt 20 09:57:31 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716651.6195] device (p2p-dev-wlan0): supplicant management interface state: scanning>
okt 20 09:57:31 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716651.6583] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: authenticating -> associati>
okt 20 09:57:31 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716651.6583] device (p2p-dev-wlan0): supplicant management interface state: authenti>
okt 20 09:57:31 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716651.6693] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: associating -> associated
okt 20 09:57:31 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716651.6694] device (p2p-dev-wlan0): supplicant management interface state: associat>
okt 20 09:57:31 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716651.6792] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: associated -> 4way_handshake
okt 20 09:57:31 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716651.6792] device (p2p-dev-wlan0): supplicant management interface state: associat>
okt 20 09:57:31 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716651.7316] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: 4way_handshake -> completed
okt 20 09:57:31 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716651.7316] device (wlan0): Activation: (wifi) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) succ>
okt 20 09:57:31 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716651.7317] device (p2p-dev-wlan0): supplicant management interface state: 4way_han>
okt 20 09:57:31 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716651.7317] device (wlan0): state change: config -> ip-config (reason 'none', sys-i>
okt 20 09:57:31 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716651.7320] dhcp4 (wlan0): activation: beginning transaction (timeout in 45 seconds)
okt 20 09:57:31 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716651.8222] dhcp4 (wlan0): state changed unknown -> bound, address=192.168.2.115
okt 20 09:57:31 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716651.8234] device (wlan0): state change: ip-config -> ip-check (reason 'none', sys>
okt 20 09:57:31 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716651.8330] device (wlan0): state change: ip-check -> secondaries (reason 'none', s>
okt 20 09:57:31 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716651.8331] device (wlan0): state change: secondaries -> activated (reason 'none', >
okt 20 09:57:31 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716651.8334] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_LOCAL
okt 20 09:57:31 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716651.8340] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_SITE
okt 20 09:57:31 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716651.8341] policy: set 'networkname' (wlan0) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS
okt 20 09:57:31 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716651.8401] device (wlan0): Activation: successful, device activated.
okt 20 09:57:31 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716651.9547] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_GLOBAL
okt 20 09:57:32 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716652.4423] audit: op="statistics" interface="wlan0" ifindex=2 args="500" pid=1538 >
okt 20 09:57:38 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716658.0426] dhcp6 (wlan0): activation: beginning transaction (timeout in 45 seconds)
okt 20 09:57:38 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716658.0443] policy: set 'networkname' (wlan0) as default for IPv6 routing and DNS
okt 20 09:57:39 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634716659.5801] dhcp6 (wlan0): state changed unknown -> bound
okt 20 11:47:10 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634723230.7189] audit: op="statistics" interface="wlan0" ifindex=2 args="2000" pid=1297>
okt 20 11:47:10 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634723230.7240] audit: op="statistics" interface="wlan0" ifindex=2 args="500" pid=1538 >
okt 20 11:47:11 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634723231.5369] audit: op="statistics" interface="wlan0" ifindex=2 args="0" pid=1297 ui>
okt 20 11:47:11 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634723231.5439] audit: op="statistics" interface="wlan0" ifindex=2 args="500" pid=1538 >
okt 20 11:54:42 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634723682.8815] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: completed -> disconnected
okt 20 11:54:42 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634723682.8815] device (p2p-dev-wlan0): supplicant management interface state: complete>
okt 20 11:54:42 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634723682.9372] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> scanning
okt 20 11:54:42 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634723682.9373] device (p2p-dev-wlan0): supplicant management interface state: disconne>
okt 20 11:54:44 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634723684.4038] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: scanning -> authenticating
okt 20 11:54:44 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634723684.4039] device (p2p-dev-wlan0): supplicant management interface state: scanning>
okt 20 11:54:44 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634723684.4494] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: authenticating -> associati>
okt 20 11:54:44 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634723684.4494] device (p2p-dev-wlan0): supplicant management interface state: authenti>
okt 20 11:54:44 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634723684.4649] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: associating -> associated
okt 20 11:54:44 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634723684.4649] device (p2p-dev-wlan0): supplicant management interface state: associat>
okt 20 11:54:44 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634723684.4650] device (wlan0): DHCPv4 lease renewal requested
okt 20 11:54:44 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634723684.5067] dhcp4 (wlan0): canceled DHCP transaction
okt 20 11:54:44 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634723684.5068] dhcp4 (wlan0): state changed bound -> terminated
okt 20 11:54:44 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634723684.5076] dhcp4 (wlan0): activation: beginning transaction (timeout in 45 seconds)
okt 20 11:54:44 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634723684.5079] device (wlan0): DHCPv6 lease renewal requested
okt 20 11:54:44 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634723684.5079] dhcp6 (wlan0): canceled DHCP transaction
okt 20 11:54:44 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634723684.5080] dhcp6 (wlan0): state changed bound -> terminated
okt 20 11:54:44 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634723684.5085] dhcp6 (wlan0): activation: beginning transaction (timeout in 45 seconds)
okt 20 11:54:44 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634723684.5096] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: associated -> 4way_handshake
okt 20 11:54:44 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634723684.5096] device (p2p-dev-wlan0): supplicant management interface state: associat>
okt 20 11:54:44 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634723684.5769] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: 4way_handshake -> completed
okt 20 11:54:44 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634723684.5776] device (p2p-dev-wlan0): supplicant management interface state: 4way_han>
okt 20 11:54:46 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634723686.5541] dhcp6 (wlan0): state changed unknown -> bound
okt 20 11:54:49 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634723689.7600] dhcp4 (wlan0): state changed unknown -> bound, address=192.168.2.116
okt 20 12:07:12 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634724432.6406] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: completed -> disconnected
okt 20 12:07:12 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634724432.6407] device (p2p-dev-wlan0): supplicant management interface state: complete>
okt 20 12:07:12 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634724432.7093] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> scanning
okt 20 12:07:12 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634724432.7093] device (p2p-dev-wlan0): supplicant management interface state: disconne>
okt 20 12:07:14 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634724434.4204] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: scanning -> authenticating
okt 20 12:07:14 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634724434.4205] device (p2p-dev-wlan0): supplicant management interface state: scanning>
okt 20 12:07:14 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634724434.4605] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: authenticating -> associati>
okt 20 12:07:14 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634724434.4606] device (p2p-dev-wlan0): supplicant management interface state: authenti>
okt 20 12:07:14 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634724434.4728] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: associating -> associated
okt 20 12:07:14 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634724434.4728] device (p2p-dev-wlan0): supplicant management interface state: associat>
okt 20 12:07:14 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634724434.4728] device (wlan0): DHCPv4 lease renewal requested
okt 20 12:07:14 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634724434.5013] dhcp4 (wlan0): canceled DHCP transaction
okt 20 12:07:14 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634724434.5014] dhcp4 (wlan0): state changed bound -> terminated
okt 20 12:07:14 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634724434.5018] dhcp4 (wlan0): activation: beginning transaction (timeout in 45 seconds)
okt 20 12:07:14 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634724434.5019] device (wlan0): DHCPv6 lease renewal requested
okt 20 12:07:14 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634724434.5020] dhcp6 (wlan0): canceled DHCP transaction
okt 20 12:07:14 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634724434.5020] dhcp6 (wlan0): state changed bound -> terminated
okt 20 12:07:14 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634724434.5022] dhcp6 (wlan0): activation: beginning transaction (timeout in 45 seconds)
okt 20 12:07:14 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634724434.5030] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: associated -> 4way_handshake
okt 20 12:07:14 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634724434.5030] device (p2p-dev-wlan0): supplicant management interface state: associat>
okt 20 12:07:14 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634724434.5506] device (wlan0): supplicant interface state: 4way_handshake -> completed
okt 20 12:07:14 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634724434.5514] device (p2p-dev-wlan0): supplicant management interface state: 4way_han>
okt 20 12:07:15 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634724435.4813] dhcp6 (wlan0): state changed unknown -> bound
okt 20 12:07:19 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634724439.7803] dhcp4 (wlan0): state changed unknown -> bound, address=192.168.2.117
okt 20 12:46:47 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634726807.8627] manager: (eth0): new Ethernet device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/D>
okt 20 12:46:47 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634726807.8993] audit: op="statistics" interface="eth0" ifindex=3 args="500" pid=1538 u>
okt 20 12:46:47 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634726807.9077] audit: op="statistics" interface="eth0" ifindex=3 args="500" pid=1538 u>
okt 20 12:46:47 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634726807.9470] device (eth0): interface index 3 renamed iface from 'eth0' to 'enp60s0u>
okt 20 12:46:47 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634726807.9656] device (enp60s0u1u1): state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'm>
okt 20 12:46:47 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634726807.9758] settings: (enp60s0u1u1): created default wired connection 'Wired connec>
okt 20 12:46:50 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634726810.4228] device (enp60s0u1u1): carrier: link connected
okt 20 12:46:50 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634726810.4241] device (enp60s0u1u1): state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason>
okt 20 12:46:50 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634726810.4262] policy: auto-activating connection 'Wired connection 1' (f5d9bca6-afb6->
okt 20 12:46:50 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634726810.4278] device (enp60s0u1u1): Activation: starting connection 'Wired connection>
okt 20 12:46:50 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634726810.4281] device (enp60s0u1u1): state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'no>
okt 20 12:46:50 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634726810.4293] device (enp60s0u1u1): state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none', s>
okt 20 12:46:50 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634726810.4313] device (enp60s0u1u1): state change: config -> ip-config (reason 'none',>
okt 20 12:46:50 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634726810.4322] dhcp4 (enp60s0u1u1): activation: beginning transaction (timeout in 45 s>
okt 20 12:46:51 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634726811.8501] dhcp6 (enp60s0u1u1): activation: beginning transaction (timeout in 45 s>
okt 20 12:46:51 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634726811.8563] dhcp6 (enp60s0u1u1): state changed unknown -> bound
okt 20 12:46:53 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634726813.4336] dhcp4 (enp60s0u1u1): state changed unknown -> bound, address=192.168.2.>
okt 20 12:46:53 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634726813.4357] device (enp60s0u1u1): state change: ip-config -> ip-check (reason 'none>
okt 20 12:46:53 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634726813.4410] audit: op="statistics" interface="wlan0" ifindex=2 args="2000" pid=1297>
okt 20 12:46:53 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634726813.4413] device (enp60s0u1u1): state change: ip-check -> secondaries (reason 'no>
okt 20 12:46:53 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634726813.4415] device (enp60s0u1u1): state change: secondaries -> activated (reason 'n>
okt 20 12:46:53 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634726813.4491] device (enp60s0u1u1): Activation: successful, device activated.
okt 20 12:46:53 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634726813.4670] audit: op="statistics" interface="wlan0" ifindex=2 args="500" pid=1538 >
okt 20 12:46:53 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634726813.5174] audit: op="statistics" interface="wlan0" ifindex=2 args="2000" pid=1297>
okt 20 12:46:53 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634726813.5219] audit: op="statistics" interface="wlan0" ifindex=2 args="500" pid=1538 >
okt 20 12:46:54 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634726814.4172] audit: op="statistics" interface="enp60s0u1u1" ifindex=3 args="0" pid=1>
okt 20 12:46:54 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634726814.4265] audit: op="statistics" interface="enp60s0u1u1" ifindex=3 args="500" pid>
okt 20 12:46:54 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634726814.4316] audit: op="statistics" interface="wlan0" ifindex=2 args="0" pid=1297 ui>
okt 20 12:46:54 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634726814.4378] audit: op="statistics" interface="wlan0" ifindex=2 args="500" pid=1538 >
okt 20 12:48:35 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634726915.0009] audit: op="statistics" interface="enp60s0u1u1" ifindex=3 args="0" pid=1297 uid=1000 result="success"
okt 20 12:48:35 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634726915.0210] audit: op="statistics" interface="enp60s0u1u1" ifindex=3 args="500" pid=1538 uid=1000 result="success"
okt 20 12:48:35 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634726915.0345] audit: op="statistics" interface="wlan0" ifindex=2 args="0" pid=1297 uid=1000 result="success"
okt 20 12:48:35 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634726915.0524] audit: op="statistics" interface="wlan0" ifindex=2 args="500" pid=1538 uid=1000 result="success"
okt 20 12:50:34 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634727034.1303] device (enp60s0u1u1): state change: activated -> unmanaged (reason 'removed', sys-iface-state: 'removed')
okt 20 12:50:34 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634727034.1595] dhcp4 (enp60s0u1u1): canceled DHCP transaction
okt 20 12:50:34 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634727034.1596] dhcp4 (enp60s0u1u1): state changed bound -> terminated
okt 20 12:50:34 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634727034.1600] dhcp6 (enp60s0u1u1): canceled DHCP transaction
okt 20 12:50:34 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634727034.1600] dhcp6 (enp60s0u1u1): state changed bound -> terminated
okt 20 12:50:34 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634727034.1784] policy: set 'networkname' (wlan0) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS
okt 20 12:50:34 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634727034.1787] policy: set 'networkname' (wlan0) as default for IPv6 routing and DNS
okt 20 12:50:34 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634727034.5354] manager: (eth0): new Ethernet device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/5)
okt 20 12:50:34 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634727034.5734] audit: op="statistics" interface="eth0" ifindex=4 args="500" pid=1538 uid=1000 result="success"
okt 20 12:50:34 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634727034.5823] audit: op="statistics" interface="eth0" ifindex=4 args="500" pid=1538 uid=1000 result="success"
okt 20 12:50:35 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634727035.2561] device (eth0): interface index 4 renamed iface from 'eth0' to 'enp60s0u1u1'
okt 20 12:50:35 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634727035.2659] device (enp60s0u1u1): state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed', sys-iface-state: 'external')
okt 20 12:50:37 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634727037.0645] device (enp60s0u1u1): carrier: link connected
okt 20 12:50:37 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634727037.0661] device (enp60s0u1u1): state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason 'carrier-changed', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
okt 20 12:50:37 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634727037.0683] policy: auto-activating connection 'Wired connection 1' (f5d9bca6-afb6-39ee-890f-35f537848731)
okt 20 12:50:37 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634727037.0695] device (enp60s0u1u1): Activation: starting connection 'Wired connection 1' (f5d9bca6-afb6-39ee-890f-35f537848731)
okt 20 12:50:37 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634727037.0697] device (enp60s0u1u1): state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
okt 20 12:50:37 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634727037.0730] device (enp60s0u1u1): state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
okt 20 12:50:37 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634727037.0742] device (enp60s0u1u1): state change: config -> ip-config (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
okt 20 12:50:37 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634727037.0751] dhcp4 (enp60s0u1u1): activation: beginning transaction (timeout in 45 seconds)
okt 20 12:50:40 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634727040.1367] device (enp60s0u1u1): carrier: link connected
okt 20 12:50:42 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634727042.7255] dhcp4 (enp60s0u1u1): state changed unknown -> bound, address=192.168.2.113
okt 20 12:50:42 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634727042.7313] device (enp60s0u1u1): state change: ip-config -> ip-check (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
okt 20 12:50:42 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634727042.7405] device (enp60s0u1u1): state change: ip-check -> secondaries (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
okt 20 12:50:42 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634727042.7412] device (enp60s0u1u1): state change: secondaries -> activated (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
okt 20 12:50:42 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634727042.7519] device (enp60s0u1u1): Activation: successful, device activated.
okt 20 12:50:42 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634727042.8681] policy: set 'Wired connection 1' (enp60s0u1u1) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS
okt 20 12:50:43 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634727043.1634] dhcp6 (enp60s0u1u1): activation: beginning transaction (timeout in 45 seconds)
okt 20 12:50:43 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634727043.1839] dhcp6 (enp60s0u1u1): state changed unknown -> bound
okt 20 12:50:47 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634727047.1059] policy: set 'Wired connection 1' (enp60s0u1u1) as default for IPv6 routing and DNS

Also turned auto negotiation to automatic and it did nothing.

Something is causing both my wireless and wired interface to lose the carrier, and then the dhcp requests are failing, my wired connection gets removed and my wireless just reconnects automatically.

Edit: so maybe a broader journalctl output might give a bit more insight to someone. I’m not that proficient in troubleshooting but here is the unfiltered journalctl output around the time NM disconnects the ethernet.

okt 20 12:48:39 user kwin_x11[1106]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 42520, resource id: 12765292, major code: 3 (GetWindowAttributes), minor code: 0
okt 20 12:48:39 user kwin_x11[1106]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 9 (BadDrawable), sequence: 42521, resource id: 12765292, major code: 14 (GetGeometry), minor code: 0
okt 20 12:49:05 user systemd[1048]: app-org.kde.konsole-de0a996313904913a1cb4ac0415cd687.scope: Consumed 5.528s CPU time.
okt 20 12:49:05 user kwin_x11[1106]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 53192, resource id: 85983266, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
okt 20 12:49:05 user kwin_x11[1106]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 53197, resource id: 58722985, major code: 18 (ChangeProperty), minor code: 0
okt 20 12:49:42 user kwin_x11[1106]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 7999, resource id: 12766089, major code: 3 (GetWindowAttributes), minor code: 0
okt 20 12:49:43 user kernel: NOHZ tick-stop error: Non-RCU local softirq work is pending, handler #08!!!
okt 20 12:50:34 user avahi-daemon[438]: Interface enp60s0u1u1.IPv6 no longer relevant for mDNS.
okt 20 12:50:34 user avahi-daemon[438]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface enp60s0u1u1.IPv6 with address 2a02:xxxx:xxxx:1:662:xxxx:3eda:872d.
okt 20 12:50:34 user avahi-daemon[438]: Interface enp60s0u1u1.IPv4 no longer relevant for mDNS.
okt 20 12:50:34 user kernel: usb 4-1.1: USB disconnect, device number 4
okt 20 12:50:34 user avahi-daemon[438]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface enp60s0u1u1.IPv4 with address 192.168.2.113.
okt 20 12:50:34 user avahi-daemon[438]: Withdrawing address record for 2a02:xxxx:xxxx:1:662:xxxx:3eda:872d on enp60s0u1u1.
okt 20 12:50:34 user avahi-daemon[438]: Withdrawing address record for 192.168.2.113 on enp60s0u1u1.
okt 20 12:50:34 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634727034.1303] device (enp60s0u1u1): state change: activated -> unmanaged (reason 'removed', sys-iface-state: 'removed')
okt 20 12:50:34 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634727034.1595] dhcp4 (enp60s0u1u1): canceled DHCP transaction
okt 20 12:50:34 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634727034.1596] dhcp4 (enp60s0u1u1): state changed bound -> terminated
okt 20 12:50:34 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634727034.1600] dhcp6 (enp60s0u1u1): canceled DHCP transaction
okt 20 12:50:34 user NetworkManager[440]: <info>  [1634727034.1600] dhcp6 (enp60s0u1u1): state changed bound -> terminated

Had similar problem with wlan like u, probably ethernet too. Disabling power saving for wlan solved it.

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You could show the larger journal output e.g. with eos-log-tool …

I think it is the usb disconnecting and then the device will drop the connection obviously. Just have to figure why. It could be usb auto suspend?

I blacklisted my usb device with tlp which in theory should disallow usb auto suspend, but just to be sure I set it disables system wide but the problem still remains.

The entire journalctl log is a bit too long to post here, so I made a pastebin with the output.

What command are you using for the journal log?