https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=523099

TraceyC <[email protected]> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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            Summary|Rename "Speed" into "Speed  |Clarify or rename "Speed"
                   |limit" or "Max speed"       |field for wired network
                   |                            |connections
                 CC|                            |[email protected]
     Ever confirmed|0                           |1
             Status|REPORTED                    |CONFIRMED

--- Comment #1 from TraceyC <[email protected]> ---
Thanks for the feedback.

It would help us a lot if you were more detailed in your descriptions. To see
the Speed you're talking about, I had to watch the video.

It's necessary to go to

System Settings -> Wi-Fi & Networking 
Select a wired connection (wireless connections don't have this field)
Click the Wired tab

In the video, Linus (of LTT), reviewing the Steam Machine, asks - why is
"Speed" at 100 Mb? He questioned why the Speed drop down would let him select
anything he wants, when the "connection" isn't a 100Gb connection (meaning
Internet connection). He wanted the field to tell him what the Internet
connection speed is.

There is a disconnect between what the field is intended for (the link speed of
the Ethernet port) vs. what he thought it was for (his Internet connection
speed)
The tooltip does say "Request that the device use only the specified speed" -
but this doesn't define what "device" is or which speed, so the confusion is
valid for someone who isn't familiar with networking cards and hardware.

There are a couple of potential approaches, between renaming the field (which
might be problematic for translations) and updating the tooltip to make it
clear what "device" and "speed" are being referred to

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