How to know if a given port is Half or Full Duplex from Gnome?

[Fernando Cassia]

How to know on a gigabit Eth0 if a given port is working in half
duplex, full duplex,and if it's fast ethernet or full ethernet, from
Gnome/Fedora?

If I hover over the ETH0 icon in the notification area of the Gnome
bar I only see "Wired connection 'System eth0' active". Is there any
way to make it display "Wired connection ' system eth- active (1000
Mbit, Fulll Duplex)" or @"Wired connection ' system eth- active (1000
Mbit, Half Duplex)"

Would come very handing while testing cables....

Thanks!!!
FC

[JB]

Fernando Cassia <fcassia <at> gmail.com> writes:

>  
>  How to know on a gigabit Eth0 if a given port is working in half
>  duplex, full duplex,and if it's fast ethernet or full ethernet, from
>  Gnome/Fedora?
>  
>  If I hover over the ETH0 icon in the notification area of the Gnome
>  bar I only see "Wired connection 'System eth0' active". Is there any
>  way to make it display "Wired connection ' system eth- active (1000
>  Mbit, Fulll Duplex)" or @"Wired connection ' system eth- active (1000
>  Mbit, Half Duplex)"
>  
>  Would come very handing while testing cables....
>  
>  Thanks!!!
>  FC 
If you mean NetworkManager Applet, then right-clicking on it gives you
Connection Information selection (it does not have all ethtool info, of
course).
Anyway, this is a Request For Enhancement matter and it is acceptable to
create a Bugzilla report stating the nature (that is RFE) of it.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/

JB

[Fernando Cassia]

On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 8:51 AM, Fernando Cassia <fcassia(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
>  How to know on a gigabit Eth0 if a given port is working in half
>  duplex, full duplex,and if it's fast ethernet or full ethernet, from
>  Gnome/Fedora?
>
>  If I hover over the ETH0 icon in the notification area of the Gnome
>  bar I only see "Wired connection 'System eth0' active". Is there any
>  way to make it display "Wired connection ' system eth- active (1000
>  Mbit, Fulll Duplex)" or @"Wired connection ' system eth- active (1000
>  Mbit, Half Duplex)" 
basically I' d like a way to see graphically what
ethtool eth0
gives....

FC