I filed this against Network Tools so someone upstream would be aware. > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=161207 > > In looking at the network status applet, I find that if I type in eth0 > in the selection box, it seems to work ok...that there isn't a default > entry for eth0 is a minor bug but I can't find the component in bugzilla > to file against...maybe after more coffee. Try gnome-applets.