Linux LAN card: Find out full duplex / half speed or mode

Task: Find full or half duplex speed

You can use dmesg command to find out your duplex mode:

dmesg | grep -i duplex
[ 22.375431] e1000e: eno1 NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: Rx/Tx

How do I determine ethernet connection speed?

Type the following command to get speed for eth0:

ethtool eth0 | less
Settings for eno1: 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: 1 Transceiver: internal Auto-negotiation: on MDI-X: off (auto) Supports Wake-on: pumbg Wake-on: g Current message level: 0x00000007 (7) drv probe link Link detected: yes

OR

ethtool eth0 | grep -i speed
Speed: 1000Mb/s

OR

 mii-tool -v eth0