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.