Find installed network devices

sudo lshw -C network

Find installed network devices.

Sample Output

  *-network               
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: 82566MM Gigabit Network Connection
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 19
       bus info: pci@0000:00:19.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 03
       serial: 00:11:22:33:44:55
       capacity: 1GB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=off broadcast=no driver=e1000e driverversion=1.0.2-k2 firmware=0.3-0 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair
       resources: irq:31 memory:fe200000-fe21ffff memory:fe222000-fe222eee ioport:1840(size=31)
  *-network
       description: Wireless interface
       product: PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN [Kedron] Network Connection
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
       logical name: wlan0
       version: 61
       serial: aa:bb:cc:dd:ee
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwlagn ip=192.168.0.100 latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11agn
       resources: irq:32 memory:df2fe000-df2ggggg

By: cantormath

2012-06-07 10:32:49

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