Wired not connecting... Realtek rtl8168

[gaco]

Hi, I installed the driver for my ethernet but it doesn't connect, it keeps trying to connect and says "Network disconnected". Internet wireless works with no issues. Can someone help?

follow the devices information:

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ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:90:f5:d8:02:73  
          inet6 addr: fe80::290:f5ff:fed8:273/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:9944 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:232 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:628879 (628.8 KB)  TX bytes:57974 (57.9 KB)
          Interrupt:44 Base address:0x6000 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:656 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:656 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:149833 (149.8 KB)  TX bytes:149833 (149.8 KB)

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ip link
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT 
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP mode DEFAULT qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:90:f5:d8:02:73 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
3: wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN mode DEFAULT qlen 1000
    link/ether 44:6d:57:52:ce:40 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

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gaco@Gaco-PC ~ $ lspci -v | tail
04:00.2 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 0a)
	Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Device 3700
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 44
	I/O ports at c000 [size=256]
	Memory at f2104000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Memory at f2100000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=16K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: r8168
	Kernel modules: r8168

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gaco@Gaco-PC ~ $ lsmod | grep 8168
r8168                 248552  0 

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gaco@Gaco-PC ~ $ cat /etc/network/interfaces
# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

I am using Mint 14:

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gaco@Gaco-PC ~ $ uname -a
Linux Gaco-PC 3.5.0-28-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Tue Apr 23 23:03:38 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Any help is appreciated. thanks.

[gaco]

I found what was the problem... it was my cable. I changed it and worked.. duh