diff --git a/app/system/resources/classes/bsd_system_information.php b/app/system/resources/classes/bsd_system_information.php
index 0d12508fdd..b2bd3f6675 100644
--- a/app/system/resources/classes/bsd_system_information.php
+++ b/app/system/resources/classes/bsd_system_information.php
@@ -31,6 +31,20 @@
  */
 class bsd_system_information extends system_information {
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns the network card information.
+	 *
+	 * @param string|null $default_value The default value to return if the network card information cannot be determined.
+	 *
+	 * @return string|null The network card information or the default value.
+	 */
+    public function get_network_card(?string $default_value = null): ?string {
+		// Implementation for BSD systems
+		$result = shell_exec("ifconfig -a | head -n1 | awk '{print $1}'");
+		$network_card = trim($result, " :");
+		return $network_card ?: $default_value;
+    }
+
 	/**
 	 * Returns the number of CPU cores available on the system.
 	 *
diff --git a/app/system/resources/classes/linux_system_information.php b/app/system/resources/classes/linux_system_information.php
index 5037aa6002..c866febb7e 100644
--- a/app/system/resources/classes/linux_system_information.php
+++ b/app/system/resources/classes/linux_system_information.php
@@ -184,4 +184,31 @@ class linux_system_information extends system_information {
 
 		return ['rx_bps' => 0, 'tx_bps' => 0];
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Attempts to detect the network card
+	 *
+	 * @param $default_value string|null Default network card
+	 *
+	 * @return string|null
+	 */
+	public function get_network_card(?string $default_value = null): ?string {
+		// Use the default route to find the network interface
+		$result = shell_exec("ip route show default 2>/dev/null");
+		if (!empty($result)) {
+
+			// Parse the output to find the interface name
+			$parts = array_map('trim', explode(' ', $result));
+			$dev_index = array_search('dev', $parts, true);
+
+			// Ensure 'dev' is found and there is a following part to be found
+			if ($dev_index !== false && isset($parts[$dev_index + 1])) {
+				// Return the interface name found after 'dev'
+				$default_value = $parts[$dev_index + 1];
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Return the detected or default value
+		return $default_value;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/app/system/resources/classes/system_information.php b/app/system/resources/classes/system_information.php
index d93ba12513..2b35db817d 100644
--- a/app/system/resources/classes/system_information.php
+++ b/app/system/resources/classes/system_information.php
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ abstract class system_information {
 	abstract public function get_cpu_percent(): float;
 	abstract public function get_cpu_percent_per_core(): array;
 	abstract public function get_network_speed(string $interface = 'eth0'): array;
+	abstract public function get_network_card(?string $default_value = null): ?string;
 
 	/**
 	 * Returns the system load average.
diff --git a/app/system/resources/dashboard/system_network_status.php b/app/system/resources/dashboard/system_network_status.php
index 6b50827a90..23ee943edf 100644
--- a/app/system/resources/dashboard/system_network_status.php
+++ b/app/system/resources/dashboard/system_network_status.php
@@ -26,18 +26,7 @@ $c = 0;
 $row_style["0"] = "row_style0";
 $row_style["1"] = "row_style1";
 
-//	//get the network details
-//	if (stristr(PHP_OS, 'Linux')) {
-//		$result = shell_exec("ls /sys/class/net | tr '\n' ' '");
-//		$cards = array_map('trim', explode(' ', $result));
-//		$selected_card = $settings->get('system', 'network_interface', '');
-//		if (!in_array($selected_card, $cards, true)) {
-//			// Selected card not in list
-//			return;
-//		}
-//
-//	}
-
+//create token
 $token = (new token())->create($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);
 
 // Register as a subscriber for the dashboard information service