For those of us used to Windows management tools, getting a comprehensive list of data regarding installed hardware on a Linux box can be a little daunting.  Whilst recently migrating a virtualised ubuntu box, I needed to find out just what network hardware was in use.

Within a linux shell, type the following

lshw -class network

This will produce a full list of all installed network hardware.  For newbies, the define name you are probably looking for is called logical name.