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# Inspecting the Status of Network Links with `networkctl` The `networkctl` command displays information about network connections that helps you configure networking services and troubleshoot networking problems. You can progressively add options and arguments to the `networkctl` command to move from general information about network connections to specific information about a network connection. Running `networkctl` without options defaults to the list command: networkctl IDX LINK TYPE OPERATIONAL SETUP 1 lo loopback carrier unmanaged 2 eth0 ether routable configured 3 docker0 ether routable unmanaged 11 vethb0aa7a6 ether degraded unmanaged 4 links listed. Run the `networkctl` with the status command to display active network links with IP addresses for not only the Ethernet connection, but also the Docker container. root@photon-rc [ ~ ]# networkctl status * State: routable Address: 198.51.100.131 on eth0 172.17.0.1 on docker0 fe80::20c:29ff:fe55:3ca6 on eth0 fe80::42:f0ff:fef7:bd81 on docker0 fe80::4c84:caff:fe76:a23f on vethb0aa7a6 Gateway: 198.51.100.2 on eth0 DNS: 198.51.100.2 You can add a network link, such as the Ethernet connection, as the argument of the status command to show specific information about the link: root@photon-rc [ ~ ]# networkctl status eth0 * 2: eth0 Link File: /usr/lib/systemd/network/99-default.link Network File: /etc/systemd/network/10-dhcp-en.network Type: ether State: routable (configured) Path: pci-0000:02:01.0 Driver: e1000 HW Address: 00:0c:29:55:3c:a6 (VMware, Inc.) MTU: 1500 Address: 198.51.100.131 fe80::20c:29ff:fe55:3ca6 Gateway: 198.51.100.2 DNS: 198.51.100.2 CLIENTID: ffb6220feb00020000ab116724f520a0a77337 You can add a Docker container as follows: networkctl status docker0 * 3: docker0 Link File: /usr/lib/systemd/network/99-default.link Network File: n/a Type: ether State: routable (unmanaged) Driver: bridge HW Address: 02:42:f0:f7:bd:81 MTU: 1500 Address: 172.17.0.1 fe80::42:f0ff:fef7:bd81 In the example above, the output indicates that state of the Docker container is unmanaged. Docker uses the bridge drive to handle managing the networking for the containers and not `systemd-resolved` or `systemd-networkd`. For more information about `networkctl` commands and options, see https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/networkctl.html.