ethtool for Debian ------------------ Most settings that can be controlled through ethtool can be specified in /etc/network/interfaces. They will then be applied to interfaces that are brought up automatically at boot time or using the 'ifup' command. The following settings are supported: Link mode (--change): link-speed link-duplex half|full Ethernet settings (--change): ethernet-autoneg on|off| ethernet-port ethernet-wol [] Driver control (--change): driver-message-level Ethernet flow control (--pause): ethernet-pause-rx on|off ethernet-pause-tx on|off ethernet-pause-autoneg on|off Protocol offload (--offload): offload-rx on|off offload-tx on|off offload-sg on|off offload-tso on|off offload-ufo on|off offload-gso on|off offload-lro on|off (etc.) Hardware tuning (--coalesce, --ring): hardware-irq-coalesce-adaptive-rx on|off hardware-irq-coalesce-adaptive-tx on|off hardware-irq-coalesce-rx-usecs hardware-irq-coalesce-rx-frames (etc.) hardware-dma-ring-rx hardware-dma-ring-rx-mini hardware-dma-ring-rx-jumbo hardware-dma-ring-tx Example: iface eth0 inet dhcp link-speed 100 link-duplex full ethernet-autoneg off ethernet-wol s 46:65:62:69:61:6e -- Ben Hutchings , Sat, 4 Jun 2011 20:37:08 +0100