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Bug reports are not intended for support. Yes Ubuntu 18.04 LTS has the option to use 18.10/19.04/19.10/20.04 kernels through use of enabling the HWE kernels (hardware enablement stack kernel), where current 5.0 > 4.17. For more information see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack For support please see https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/community- support/709 You could convert this bug.report into a question, where the aim is more about fixing your current issue, instead of fixing future problems for everyone. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1841028 Title: R8169 speed decreases Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: uname -a Linux linux 4.15.0-59-generic 04:00.0 Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8169 PCI Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 10) 06:00.0 Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 06) Speed (esp upstream) decreases after short time. Temporary solved simply by ifdown eth0 & ifup eth0 Kernel driver currently in use 18.04.3 LTS is currenty not offering newer 4.17+ Any other suggestions ? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1841028/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp