Querying network card information and status

Great tool for checking ethernet NIC information in linux:

ethtool

In ubuntu you might need to install it like so :

sudo apt-get install ethtool

The tool is easy to use:

 

Use

ifconfig -a 

to list nics

then

 

root@wo1:~# ethtool p4p1
Settings for p4p1:
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: Symmetric
Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
Speed: 1000Mb/s
Duplex: Full
Port: Twisted Pair
PHYAD: 1
Transceiver: internal
Auto-negotiation: on
MDI-X: Unknown
Supports Wake-on: pumbg
Wake-on: g
Current message level: 0x00000007 (7)
                                    drv probe link
Link detected: yes
root@wo1:~#

 

nJoy 😉

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