>> That's on my iBook's GMAC card. > >Thanks for your help, this works fine : I was trying to give a switch >to ethtool and didn't find the right find. Without any switch, I get >the link status too. >-- Beware that those ioctl will only work if the interface is up. If the interface is down, the chip is powered off, and thus unable to detect the link. The poweroff happens about 10 seconds after the interface is brough down. Ben.