Today's Kernel update broke the network manager/ doesn't see the cable

Solution

sudo modprobe r8169

if this starts the internet, than remove older driver

sudo dnf remove dkms-r8168 

So since this problem is on me and not on fedora as the 8168 is an old driver I don’t think I have to report a bug, however most of people with realtek network adapter do have issues with internet speed on the newer drivers, I only get 50 to 60 mb per second with r8169, and full 100 to 120 with r8168 so it would be nice to have this one pre-installed in newer kernels as well.

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