How To Quickly Find NIC Firmware And Driver Information In Linux Mint / Ubuntu

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 –