Here’s how to quickly find NIC firmware and driver information in Linux Mint / Ubuntu:
1. Issue the following command at the terminal –
sudo apt-get install ethtool
2. After the installation is complete, issue the following command at the terminal –
sudo ethtool -i <ethernet interface>
for example, if your ethernet interface is ‘eth0’, then the command will be –
sudo ethtool -i eth0
3. You’ll see the driver and firmware information for the NIC in the output –