eth0 r8169 down on wake up from standby

Question

On waking up after standby the network (eth0) remains down. The eth0 card is r8169.

I have tried :

• ifconfig eth0 up
  Doesn't work
• ifconfig eth0 up; dhcpcd eht0
  Worked but how do I configure my static ip with this, my proxy is ip bound

This works:

this commands gets the network up with the conventional network manager:
modprobe -r r8169; modprobe r8169; service network-manager restart

But is there any way to automate this or modify the acpi scripts so that no modprobe is required in the first place?

Config details:

OS: Debian-squeeze (6.0)

ethtool eth0 output:

Supported ports: [ TP MII ]
Supported link modes:   10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 
                        100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 
Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
Advertised link modes:  10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 
                        100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 
Advertised pause frame use: No
Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
Link partner advertised link modes:  10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 
                                     100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 
Link partner advertised pause frame use: No
Link partner advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
Speed: 100Mb/s
Duplex: Full
Port: MII
PHYAD: 0
Transceiver: internal
Auto-negotiation: on
Supports Wake-on: pumbg
Wake-on: g
Current message level: 0x00000033 (51)
Link detected: yes

File /etc/network/interfaces

# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
allow-hotplug eth0
#NetworkManager#iface eth0 inet dhcp

Answer 1

That you have to remove and restore the device's module is an indication that it doesn't handle sleep/wakeup well. Check if there is a newer kernel available for your distribution, or compile your own.