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Bug 626851 - Can't set ethernet MTU from GUI
Can't set ethernet MTU from GUI
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG
Product: gnome-nettool
Classification: Applications
Component: general
2.28.x
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Germán Poo-Caamaño
Rodrigo Moya
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2010-08-13 14:55 UTC by Pedro Villavicencio
Modified: 2011-07-13 08:25 UTC
See Also:
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Description Pedro Villavicencio 2010-08-13 14:55:17 UTC 
this report has been filed here:

https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-nettool/+bug/532506

"Steps to reproduce:
 1) Make sure the computer is connected to a Gigabit Ethernet network.
 2) Open System: Administration: Network Tools
 3) In the Devices tab, choose the connected interface from the Network device popup.
 4) Look at the bottom of the window.

Actual results:
The window shows the MTU as uneditable text.

Expected results:
Expected to be able to edit the MTU value."
Comment 1 Germán Poo-Caamaño 2011-07-13 08:25:41 UTC 
Nettools was made for diagnostic purposes. It does not run with
priviledges and it reports the information the user can gather
in a friendly way.