How can I verify the speed of my NIC in ubuntu?

Suppose your NIC name eth0 :

You can verify the speed and some informations by three Commands :

First Command :

dmesg |grep eth0

Output :

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Second Command :

mii-tool -v  eth0

Output :

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FD : full duplex , Logic that enables concurrent sending and receiving. This is usually desirable and enabled when your computer is connected to a switch.

HD : half duplex , his logic requires a card to only send or receive at a single point of time. When your machine is connected to a Hub, it auto-negotiates itself and uses half duplex to avoid collisions.

Third command :

ethtool eth0

ethtool - Display or change ethernet card settings

Install ethtool :

sudo apt-get install ethtool

Output :

Settings for eth0:
    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: 0
    Transceiver: internal
    Auto-negotiation: on
    MDI-X: Unknown
    Supports Wake-on: d
    Wake-on: d
    Current message level: 0x00000007 (7)
                   drv probe link
    Link detected: yes

Hope it helps .

To obtain the link speed of an interface without parsing logs or installing additional tools, simply read its corresponding speed sysfs node, as follows:

cat /sys/class/net/<interface>/speed

where is the name of your NIC, e.g. eth0

How can I verify the speed of my NIC in ubuntu?

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