How to Ubuntu: List network adapters. How to find network interface name in Ubuntu. Ubuntu list all network interfaces. Find network interface card details on Ubuntu.
Find Network Card Name On Ubuntu Linux
Before you start to execute commands to find the status of Network Interface/Card, you will have to known the correct name of the installed interfaces on the Linux Ubuntu Systems.
To find the Network Card name, run the following command:
ls /sys/class/net/
The above command shows all the installed interfaces or network cards on the sysytem. Please note that the wired interfaces start with the letter “e” and wireless/WiFi start with letter “w”.
The output for my Linux System is enp9s0 – lo – wlp7s0 Which means, I have two Network Interface – (enp9s0) Wired and (wlp7s0) Wireless.
View Network Interface Card Details
To view the Network Interface Card details on Ubuntu Linux Systems, run ipconfig command:
$ sudo ifconfig
Or
$ sudo /sbin/ifconfig
The above command will display the details of the Network Interface Card with the following details:
- eth0 – Ethernet network interface. The primary communication channel when a device is connected to network.
- lo – A Lookback interface. It is with only one endpoint and can not be used to communicate with rest of the computer or transfer files.
- wlp7s0 – Wireless communication network interface.