---
name: "nicinfo"
section: "1p"
platform: "linux"
package: "ceni"
version: "2.33-4"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/nicinfo"
---

# nicinfo(1p)

print information about network interfaces

## NAME

nicinfo - print information about network interfaces

## SYNOPSIS

```
  nicinfo [ --ethernet ] [ --wifi ] [ --iface <iface> ]
```

## DESCRIPTION

This script detects network interfaces present in system and prints out driver, interface type, bus, mac address and a description for each interface.

## OPTIONS

- **--iface** \<iface\>

  Detect and print information for the interface with kernel name \<iface\>. Exmaples of \<iface\> are "eth0", "ath0" and "wlan0".

- **--ethernet**

  Detect only ethernet devices, not wirless.

- **--wifi**

  Detect only wireless devices, not ethernet.

## AUTHOR

Kel Modderman, \<kel@otaku42.de\>

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2007 - 2010 by Kel Modderman

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this package; if not, see \<http://www.gnu.org/licenses\>

On Debian GNU/Linux systems, the text of the GPL-2 license can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2.