Ethtool

External

• http://linux.about.com/od/commands/l/blcmdl8_ethtool.htm

Internal

• Linux Commands
• Linux Network Info - Performance Characteristics

Overview

Display or change ethernet card settings. Can be used, among other things, to detect the speed of a network interface.

[root@now510 ~]# ethtool enp0s25

Settings for enp0s25:
	Supported ports: [ TP ]
	Supported link modes:   10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 
	                        100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 
	                        1000baseT/Full 
	Supported pause frame use: No
	Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
	Advertised link modes:  10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 
	                        100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 
	                        1000baseT/Full 
	Advertised pause frame use: No
	Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
	Speed: 1000Mb/s
	Duplex: Full
	Port: Twisted Pair
	PHYAD: 2
	Transceiver: internal
	Auto-negotiation: on
	MDI-X: on (auto)
	Supports Wake-on: pumbg
	Wake-on: g
	Current message level: 0x00000007 (7)
			       drv probe link
	Link detected: yes

Use

• Network interface driver, see Linux Network Info.