Python can easily run ifconfig -a itself and then move through its
output. You can either parse out each string and then redisplay them.
If you *really* want to rewrite ifconfig, you need to call ioctl
(http://docs.python.org/lib/module-fcntl.html) and you need passing in
ioctl codes such as ones
Most easily: If your card supports ethtool, you can just open the
ethtool startup config file to check there whether or not you set it
to duplex in the configuration (see if you have an ETHTOOL_OPTS env
variable).
If you're not sure if your card can handle duplex (or you're not sure
the config fil
