How to Check the Ethernet Link Speed on Raspberry Pi

To get detailed information about your network adapter, install ethtool with the following command:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ethtool

Now you can run this app with the following command:

sudo ethtool eth0

(change eth0 if that is not the name of your network adapter)

And you will get output like this:

Settings for eth0:
Supported ports: [ TP MII ]
Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
Supported pause frame use: No
Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
Advertised pause frame use: Symmetric Receive-only
Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
Link partner advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
Link partner advertised pause frame use: Symmetric Receive-only
Link partner advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
Speed: 100Mb/s
Duplex: Full
Port: MII
PHYAD: 1
Transceiver: internal
Auto-negotiation: on
Supports Wake-on: pumbag
Wake-on: d
Current message level: 0x00000007 (7)
drv probe link
Link detected: yes

As you can see, it shows all the details of the network cable connected to the Raspberry Pi’s LAN port.

Enjoy!

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