# check network configuration and MAC address
**URL:** https://dietpi.com/forum/t/check-network-configuration-and-mac-address/3888
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [26 February 2020 13:42 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/check-network-configuration-and-mac-address/3888 "2020-02-26T13:42:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@seron](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/seron)
#### Post date: [26 February 2020 13:42 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/check-network-configuration-and-mac-address/3888/1 "2020-02-26T13:42:49Z")
How can one check the current network settings and MAC address? _ifconfig_ is not available. Is there a utility in DietPi that display this information?
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### Author:  [@seron](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/seron)
#### Post date: [26 February 2020 13:47 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/check-network-configuration-and-mac-address/3888/2 "2020-02-26T13:47:31Z")
```nohighlight
networkctl status eth0
```
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### Author:  [@Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Joulinar)
#### Post date: [26 February 2020 13:49 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/check-network-configuration-and-mac-address/3888/3 "2020-02-26T13:49:44Z")
Hi,
ifconfig deprecated.
[https://www.techrepublic.com/article/pro-tip-use-the-ip-command-in-favor-of-the-deprecated-ifconfig/](https://www.techrepublic.com/article/pro-tip-use-the-ip-command-in-favor-of-the-deprecated-ifconfig/)
But you can use ip commands to show network status/settings like
```nohighlight
ip a
```
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### Author:  [@RKG456](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/RKG456)
#### Post date: [21 August 2023 21:14 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/check-network-configuration-and-mac-address/3888/4 "2023-08-21T21:14:42Z")
networkctl is not showing as a valid command on my dietpi headless minimal install.
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### Author:  [@Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Joulinar)
#### Post date: [21 August 2023 21:42 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/check-network-configuration-and-mac-address/3888/5 "2023-08-21T21:42:13Z")
> [@RKG456](#):
>
> networkctl is not showing as a valid command
you mean something like following error message?
```auto
root@DietPiOPi5:~# networkctl
Failed to connect system bus: No such file or directory
root@DietPiOPi5:~#
```
this is expected as we don’t install `dbus` by default. Furthermore we don’t use `systemd-networkd` as we use `ifupdown` to manage the network interfaces
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### Author:  [@RKG456](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/RKG456)
#### Post date: [22 August 2023 02:18 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/check-network-configuration-and-mac-address/3888/6 "2023-08-22T02:18:20Z")
i ended up installing net-tools with sudo apt install net-tools. Then Ifconfig worked and shows the MAC address as the listing ether.
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### Author:  [@Jappe](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Jappe)
#### Post date: [22 August 2023 06:07 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/check-network-configuration-and-mac-address/3888/7 "2023-08-22T06:07:02Z")
Without installing anything you can use `ip link show` to see MAC addresses of your interfaces.
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### Author:  [@Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Joulinar)
#### Post date: [22 August 2023 07:55 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/check-network-configuration-and-mac-address/3888/8 "2023-08-22T07:55:21Z")
> [@RKG456](#):
>
> sudo apt install net-tools. Then Ifconfig worked
I’m going to quote myself
> [@Joulinar](#):
>
> ifconfig deprecated.
>
> [https://www.techrepublic.com/article/pro-tip-use-the-ip-command-in-favor-of-the-deprecated-ifconfig/](https://www.techrepublic.com/article/pro-tip-use-the-ip-command-in-favor-of-the-deprecated-ifconfig/)
>
> But you can use ip commands to show network status/settings like
>
> ```auto
> ip a
>
> ```