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Network interface config page should show link status

Bug #1750119 reported by Mark Shuttleworth
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Triaged
Medium
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Bug Description

It is difficult to know which interface is which on the network config page. The page which shows all interfaces should show which interfaces have a link detected, and which do not. This should be dynamic and also should be in a muted colour, as the mac address and manufacturer details are. For example:

   enp10s0 > IPv4...
   connected IPv6...
                   ma:ca:dd...

   enp2s0f0 > IPv4...
                   IPv6...
                   ma:ca:dd...

etc

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Michael Hudson-Doyle (mwhudson) wrote :

It does display a message for a wired interface that is not connected, but does not say anything when an interface is connected. It also does it in a way that is "jumpy" per bug 1750114. It probably makes sense to fix the two bugs at the same time.

Francis Ginther (fginther)
tags: added: id-5a9fa79be9d8111db9183379
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Jason Mills (virtualjmills) wrote :

> It does display a message for a wired interface that is
> not connected, but does not say anything when an interface
> is connected.

As of 2018.03.19 daily (Ubuntu 18.04.0 Bionic "Live-Server") at least, this page now lists a link-speed of negative-one Megabit-per-second for link-down^:

nic-name > Not connected
   IPv4 is not configured
   IPv6 is not configured
   nn:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn Vendor-Name Device-Name (reported link-speed)

… with the last line rendered as ANSI dim-text.

For example, vmxnet3 will be:

   00:50:56:nn:nn:nn VMware VMXNET3 Ethernet (-1M)

… for a link-down condition, and …

   00:50:56:nn:nn:nn VMware VMXNET3 Ethernet (10G)

… for a link-up condition.

(^) Still suffers from jumpiness and reflow issues (bug 1750114), and link-speed isn't updated if you transition one of the NICs from link-down to link-up (or the reverse) after reaching that page for the first time.

Michael Hudson-Doyle (mwhudson)
Changed in subiquity:
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Medium
Matthieu Clemenceau (mclemenceau)
tags: added: fr-401
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