> >How can I determine the speed to which my NIC is connected? > > > youi might try <dmesg> or, better, <dmesg | less> Also try mii-tool. It could or not work with your NIC, but is worth trying it. An example from my console: root@debra:~# mii-tool eth0 eth0: negotiated 100baseTx-FD, link ok And you got the status for that same moment. :wq -- Pedro-Ángel González NAPSIS http://www.napsis.com GPG key http://www.napsis.com/pedro-angel.gpg