He wrote more than 7k+ posts and helped numerous readers to master IT topics. Vivek Gite is the founder of nixCraft, the oldest running blog about Linux and open source. This page showed various Linux command for controlling network drivers and hardware, particularly for wired Ethernet devices. Run wavemon command to find out Wireless network speed, signal Strength and other information from the CLI: Link detected: yes See network device driver informationĪnother option is use the ip command along with grep command/ egrep command:Ĭapabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wirelessĬonfiguration: broadcast = yes driver=iwlwifi driverversion=5.0.86_64 firmware=36.9f0a2d68.0 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11 Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/FullĪdvertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full Control receive queue selection for multiqueue devicesĭisplay the physical status of an Ethernet port in Linuxįor example, get info about eno1 Ethernet device:.Update or set DMA ring sizes and interrupt moderation.Control checksum offload and other hardware offload features.Set or get speed, duplex, autonegotiation and flow control for Ethernet devices.Find identification and diagnostic information.Display info about network adapter status.It provides the following information from the Linux CLI If you decide to continue, click the Reset now. Read the text carefully before proceeding. On the right, find the link 'Network reset'. Go to the Network & internet category and select Status on the left.
#Reset ethernet status how to
How to query or control network driver and hardware settings in Linuxįor wired Ethernet devices, you need to use a command called ethtool. To reset your network connection in Windows 10, do the following. It also displayed my mac address 40:9f:38:28:f6:b5.
The above command indicates that my Ethernet is up and running with 192.168.2.24/24 IP address.