These command gives you information about both wired and wireless network adapters. Just type the command in terminal: lspciĠ0:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT DRAM Controller (rev 09)Ġ0:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)Ġ0:03.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT HD Audio Controller (rev 09)Ġ0:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series USB xHCI HC (rev 04)Ġ0:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series HECI #0 (rev 04)Ġ0:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 8 Series HD Audio Controller (rev 04)Ġ0:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev e4)Ġ0:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev e4)Ġ0:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev e4)Ġ0:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev e4)Ġ0:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev e4)Ġ0:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series LPC Controller (rev 04)Ġ0:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 8 Series SMBus Controller (rev 04)Ġ2:00.0 Multimedia controller: Broadcom Corporation Device 1570Ġ3:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 03)Ġ4:00.0 SATA controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. You should not need super user privileges to use this command. Alternate method to know the network adapterĪlternatively, you can use lspci command that displays the information about PCI buses in the system. With the option network, it filters the result for networking hardware only.

Lshw command actually used to list hardware in Linux and hence the command is named lshw. Resources: irq:18 memory:b0600000-b0607fff memory:b0400000-b05fffffĪs you can see, the wireless network adapter in my Macbook Air is BCM4360, a troublesome wireless adapter because of which often Ubuntu does not detect wireless networks. Product: BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Network AdapterĬapabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wirelessĬonfiguration: broadcast=yes driver=wl0 driverversion=6.30.223.248 (r487574) ip=192.168.1.23 latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11abg

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