8 steps to check your network interface information | Linux Today

8 steps to check your network interface information

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Ruwantha Nissanka
Dec 23, 2020

In a GUI, checking the state of a network interface card is pretty easy. That is to say, you just have to click on the network information icon to see all the details. On the other hand, do you ever wonder how to check it in Linux command line? It is really simple task if you use mii-tool command. Mii-tool gives you the following features:

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Ruwantha Nissanka

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