gnome-nettool needs root, but has no way to get it

[WaltSullivan]

gnome-nettool reports my "Link speed" as "not available", unless I run gnome-nettool as root, yet gnome-nettool has no way I can run it as root via a desktop file. The gnome-nettool package should include a gnome-nettool-as-root.desktop

walt@aardvark:~(0)$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 11.10
Release: 11.10
walt@aardvark:~(0)$ apt-cache policy gnome-nettool
gnome-nettool:
  Installed: 3.0.0-0ubuntu2
  Candidate: 3.0.0-0ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 3.0.0-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: gnome-nettool 3.0.0-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.22-generic 3.0.6
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Nov 28 13:39:49 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-nettool
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-11-22 (6 days ago)