$ sudo lshw -C network *-network description: Ethernet interface product: AR8131 Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Atheros Communications Inc. physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0 logical name: eth0 version: c0 serial: 40:61:86:62:fe:cd size: 100Mbit/s capacity: 1Gbit/s width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=atl1c driverversion=1.0.1.0-NAPI duplex=full firmware=N/A latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s resources: irq:43 memory:febc0000-febfffff ioport:e800(size=128) $ sudo ip a 1: lo: mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo 2: eth0: mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP qlen 1000 link/ether 40:61:86:62:fe:cd brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff $ sudo dhclient -v Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client 4.1-ESV-R4 Copyright 2004-2011 Internet Systems Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/ No broadcast interfaces found - exiting. $ grep eth0 /var/log/syslog May 17 11:16:38 hua kernel: [ 4.480691] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready May 17 11:16:38 hua kernel: [ 6.757023] atl1c 0000:02:00.0: atl1c: eth0 NIC Link is Up<100 Mbps Full Duplex> May 17 11:16:39 hua avahi-daemon[1136]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv6 with address fe80::4261:86ff:fe62:fecd. May 17 11:16:39 hua avahi-daemon[1136]: New relevant interface eth0.IPv6 for mDNS. May 17 11:16:39 hua avahi-daemon[1136]: Registering new address record for fe80::4261:86ff:fe62:fecd on eth0.*. May 17 11:16:40 hua NetworkManager[1159]: SCPluginIfupdown: guessed connection type (eth0) = 802-3-ethernet May 17 11:16:40 hua NetworkManager[1159]: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: update_connection_setting_from_if_block: name:eth0, type:802-3-ethernet, id:Ifupdown (eth0), uuid: 681b428f-beaf-8932-dce4-687ed5bae28e May 17 11:16:40 hua NetworkManager[1159]: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: adding eth0 to iface_connections May 17 11:16:40 hua NetworkManager[1159]: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: adding iface eth0 to well_known_interfaces May 17 11:16:40 hua NetworkManager[1159]: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: devices added (path: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:06.0/0000:02:00.0/net/eth0, iface: eth0) May 17 11:16:40 hua NetworkManager[1159]: (eth0): carrier is ON May 17 11:16:40 hua NetworkManager[1159]: (eth0): new Ethernet device (driver: 'atl1c' ifindex: 2) May 17 11:16:40 hua NetworkManager[1159]: (eth0): exported as /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0 May 17 11:16:41 hua avahi-daemon[1136]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv6 with address fe80::4261:86ff:fe62:fecd. May 17 11:16:41 hua avahi-daemon[1136]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv6 with address 2002:43ed:13df:0:a4f6:bc39:140e:57c0. May 17 11:16:41 hua avahi-daemon[1136]: Registering new address record for 2002:43ed:13df:0:a4f6:bc39:140e:57c0 on eth0.*. May 17 11:16:41 hua avahi-daemon[1136]: Withdrawing address record for fe80::4261:86ff:fe62:fecd on eth0. May 17 11:16:41 hua avahi-daemon[1136]: Registering new address record for 2002:43ed:13df:0:4261:86ff:fe62:fecd on eth0.*. May 17 11:20:31 hua avahi-daemon[1136]: Withdrawing address record for 2002:43ed:13df:0:a4f6:bc39:140e:57c0 on eth0. May 17 11:20:31 hua avahi-daemon[1136]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv6 with address 2002:43ed:13df:0:a4f6:bc39:140e:57c0. May 17 11:20:31 hua avahi-daemon[1136]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv6 with address 2002:43ed:13df:0:4261:86ff:fe62:fecd. May 17 11:20:31 hua avahi-daemon[1136]: Withdrawing address record for 2002:43ed:13df:0:4261:86ff:fe62:fecd on eth0. May 17 11:20:31 hua avahi-daemon[1136]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv6 with address 2002:43ed:13df:0:4261:86ff:fe62:fecd. May 17 11:20:31 hua avahi-daemon[1136]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv6 with address fe80::4261:86ff:fe62:fecd. May 17 11:20:31 hua avahi-daemon[1136]: Registering new address record for fe80::4261:86ff:fe62:fecd on eth0.*. May 17 11:20:31 hua NetworkManager[1159]: (eth0): carrier now OFF (device state 10) May 17 11:20:31 hua avahi-daemon[1136]: Interface eth0.IPv6 no longer relevant for mDNS. May 17 11:20:31 hua avahi-daemon[1136]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv6 with address fe80::4261:86ff:fe62:fecd. May 17 11:20:31 hua avahi-daemon[1136]: Withdrawing address record for fe80::4261:86ff:fe62:fecd on eth0. May 17 11:20:31 hua NetworkManager[1159]: (eth0): carrier now ON (device state 10) May 17 11:20:31 hua kernel: [ 239.691620] atl1c 0000:02:00.0: atl1c: eth0 NIC Link is Up<100 Mbps Full Duplex> May 17 11:20:33 hua avahi-daemon[1136]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv6 with address fe80::4261:86ff:fe62:fecd. May 17 11:20:33 hua avahi-daemon[1136]: New relevant interface eth0.IPv6 for mDNS. May 17 11:20:33 hua avahi-daemon[1136]: Registering new address record for fe80::4261:86ff:fe62:fecd on eth0.*. May 17 11:20:34 hua avahi-daemon[1136]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv6 with address fe80::4261:86ff:fe62:fecd. May 17 11:20:34 hua avahi-daemon[1136]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv6 with address 2002:43ed:13df:0:a4f6:bc39:140e:57c0. May 17 11:20:34 hua avahi-daemon[1136]: Registering new address record for 2002:43ed:13df:0:a4f6:bc39:140e:57c0 on eth0.*. May 17 11:20:34 hua avahi-daemon[1136]: Withdrawing address record for fe80::4261:86ff:fe62:fecd on eth0. May 17 11:20:34 hua avahi-daemon[1136]: Registering new address record for 2002:43ed:13df:0:4261:86ff:fe62:fecd on eth0.*. May 17 11:23:32 hua avahi-daemon[1136]: Registering new address record for 2002:43ed:13df:0:ecf1:bec:38fa:e69a on eth0.*. May 17 12:03:31 hua NetworkManager[1144]: SCPluginIfupdown: guessed connection type (eth0) = 802-3-ethernet May 17 12:03:31 hua NetworkManager[1144]: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: update_connection_setting_from_if_block: name:eth0, type:802-3-ethernet, id:Ifupdown (eth0), uuid: 681b428f-beaf-8932-dce4-687ed5bae28e May 17 12:03:31 hua NetworkManager[1144]: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: adding eth0 to iface_connections May 17 12:03:31 hua NetworkManager[1144]: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: adding iface eth0 to well_known_interfaces May 17 12:03:31 hua NetworkManager[1144]: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: devices added (path: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:06.0/0000:02:00.0/net/eth0, iface: eth0) May 17 12:03:31 hua kernel: [ 6.220250] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready May 17 12:03:31 hua kernel: [ 6.549758] atl1c 0000:02:00.0: atl1c: eth0 NIC Link is Up<100 Mbps Full Duplex> May 17 12:03:31 hua NetworkManager[1144]: (eth0): carrier is ON May 17 12:03:31 hua NetworkManager[1144]: (eth0): new Ethernet device (driver: 'atl1c' ifindex: 2) May 17 12:03:31 hua NetworkManager[1144]: (eth0): exported as /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0 May 17 12:38:44 hua NetworkManager[1136]: SCPluginIfupdown: guessed connection type (eth0) = 802-3-ethernet May 17 12:38:44 hua NetworkManager[1136]: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: update_connection_setting_from_if_block: name:eth0, type:802-3-ethernet, id:Ifupdown (eth0), uuid: 681b428f-beaf-8932-dce4-687ed5bae28e May 17 12:38:44 hua NetworkManager[1136]: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: adding eth0 to iface_connections May 17 12:38:44 hua NetworkManager[1136]: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: adding iface eth0 to well_known_interfaces May 17 12:38:44 hua NetworkManager[1136]: SCPlugin-Ifupdown: devices added (path: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:06.0/0000:02:00.0/net/eth0, iface: eth0) May 17 12:38:44 hua kernel: [ 6.670136] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready May 17 12:38:44 hua kernel: [ 6.954573] atl1c 0000:02:00.0: atl1c: eth0 NIC Link is Up<100 Mbps Full Duplex> May 17 12:38:44 hua NetworkManager[1136]: (eth0): carrier is ON May 17 12:38:44 hua NetworkManager[1136]: (eth0): new Ethernet device (driver: 'atl1c' ifindex: 2) May 17 12:38:44 hua NetworkManager[1136]: (eth0): exported as /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0