Here is short info how to get network adapter info for systems with network manager:
nmcli dev list iface wlan0
example output:
GENERAL.DEVICE: wlan0
GENERAL.TYPE: 802-11-wireless
GENERAL.VENDOR: Broadcom Corporation
GENERAL.PRODUCT: BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller
GENERAL.DRIVER: brcmsmac
GENERAL.DRIVER-VERSION: 3.16.0-38-generic
GENERAL.FIRMWARE-VERSION: N/A
GENERAL.HWADDR: 00:26:82:9e:AF:11
GENERAL.STATE: 100 (connected)
GENERAL.REASON: 0 (No reason given)
GENERAL.UDI: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.3/0000:44:00.0/bcma0:0/net/wlan0
GENERAL.IP-IFACE: wlan0
GENERAL.NM-MANAGED: yes
GENERAL.AUTOCONNECT: yes
GENERAL.FIRMWARE-MISSING: no
GENERAL.CONNECTION: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/0
CAPABILITIES.CARRIER-DETECT: no
CAPABILITIES.SPEED: 65 Mb/s
CONNECTIONS.AVAILABLE-CONNECTION-PATHS: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/{1}
CONNECTIONS.AVAILABLE-CONNECTIONS[1]: 26d879c4-0d6f-4000-bf02-43c687416e1e | Auto IntoTheWild
WIFI-PROPERTIES.WEP: yes
WIFI-PROPERTIES.WPA: yes
WIFI-PROPERTIES.WPA2: yes
WIFI-PROPERTIES.TKIP: yes
WIFI-PROPERTIES.CCMP: yes
WIFI-PROPERTIES.AP: yes
WIFI-PROPERTIES.ADHOC: yes
AP[1].SSID: 'WiFI-NamE'
AP[1].BSSID: CC:AB:BB:12:33:33
AP[1].MODE: Infrastructure
AP[1].FREQ: 2412 MHz
AP[1].RATE: 54 MB/s
AP[1].SIGNAL: 37
AP[1].SECURITY: WPA WPA2
AP[1].ACTIVE: no
AP[2].SSID: 'AnothErWiFi'
AP[2].BSSID: 34:3E:1F:33:E2:33
AP[2].MODE: Infrastructure
AP[2].FREQ: 2437 MHz
AP[2].RATE: 54 MB/s
AP[2].SIGNAL: 52
AP[2].SECURITY: WPA2
AP[2].ACTIVE: yes
IP4.ADDRESS[1]: ip = 10.0.1.99/24, gw = 192.168.1.254
IP4.DNS[1]: 10.0.1.60
IP4.DOMAIN[1]: home
DHCP4.OPTION[1]: domain_name = home
DHCP4.OPTION[2]: expiry = 1451147274
DHCP4.OPTION[3]: broadcast_address = 10.0.1.255
DHCP4.OPTION[4]: dhcp_message_type = 5
DHCP4.OPTION[5]: dhcp_lease_time = 604800
DHCP4.OPTION[6]: ip_address = 10.0.1.99
DHCP4.OPTION[7]: routers = 10.0.1.254
DHCP4.OPTION[8]: subnet_mask = 255.255.255.0
DHCP4.OPTION[9]: domain_name_servers = 10.0.1.60
DHCP4.OPTION[10]: network_number = 10.0.1.0
DHCP4.OPTION[11]: dhcp_server_identifier = 10.0.1.60
