diff --git a/lib/network.js b/lib/network.js
index 5bf73e9..dbb3812 100644
--- a/lib/network.js
+++ b/lib/network.js
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ const _sunos = (_platform === 'sunos');
 let _network = {};
 let _default_iface = '';
 let _ifaces = [];
+let _dhcpNics = [];
 let _networkInterfaces = [];
 let _mac = {};
 let pathToIp;
@@ -389,7 +390,7 @@ function splitSectionsNics(lines) {
   const result = [];
   let section = [];
   lines.forEach(function (line) {
-    if (!line.startsWith('\t')) {
+    if (!line.startsWith('\t') && !line.startsWith(' ')) {
       if (section.length) {
         result.push(section);
         section = [];
@@ -463,7 +464,7 @@ function parseLinesDarwinNics(sections) {
 function getDarwinNics() {
   const cmd = '/sbin/ifconfig -v';
   try {
-    const lines = execSync(cmd, util.execOptsWin).toString().split('\n');
+    const lines = execSync(cmd, { maxBuffer: 1024 * 20000 }).toString().split('\n');
     const nsections = splitSectionsNics(lines);
     return (parseLinesDarwinNics(nsections));
   } catch (e) {
@@ -485,7 +486,57 @@ function getLinuxIfaceConnectionName(interfaceName) {
   }
 }
 
-function getLinuxIfaceDHCPstatus(connectionName) {
+function getLinuxDHCPnNics() {
+  // alternate methods getting interfaces using DHCP
+  let cmd = 'ip a';
+  let result = [];
+  try {
+    const lines = execSync(cmd, { maxBuffer: 1024 * 20000 }).toString().split('\n');
+    const nsections = splitSectionsNics(lines);
+    result = (parseLinuxDHCPNics(nsections));
+  } catch (e) {
+    util.noop();
+  }
+  try {
+    cmd = 'cat /etc/network/interfaces | grep iface';
+    const lines = execSync(cmd, { maxBuffer: 1024 * 20000 }).toString().split('\n');
+    lines.forEach(line => {
+      const parts = line.replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim().split(' ');
+      if (parts.length >=4) {
+        if (line.toLowerCase().indexOf('dynamic') >= 0) {
+          result.push(parts[1]);
+        }
+      }
+    });
+  } catch (e) {
+    util.noop();
+  }
+  return result;
+}
+
+function parseLinuxDHCPNics(sections) {
+  const result = [];
+  if (sections && sections.length) {
+    sections.forEach(lines => {
+      if (lines && lines.length) {
+        const parts = lines[0].split(':');
+        if (parts.length > 2) {
+          for (let line of lines) {
+            if (line.indexOf(' inet ') >= 0 && line.indexOf(' dynamic ') >= 0) {
+              const parts2 = line.split(' ');
+              const nic = parts2[parts2.length - 1].trim();
+              result.push(nic);
+              break;
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    });
+  }
+  return result;
+}
+
+function getLinuxIfaceDHCPstatus(iface, connectionName, DHCPNics) {
   let result = false;
   if (connectionName) {
     const cmd = `nmcli connection show "${connectionName}" 2>/dev/null \| grep ipv4.method;`;
@@ -505,7 +556,7 @@ function getLinuxIfaceDHCPstatus(connectionName) {
       }
       return result;
     } catch (e) {
-      return result;
+      return (DHCPNics.indexOf(iface) >= 0);
     }
   } else {
     return result;
@@ -623,6 +674,9 @@ function networkInterfaces(callback) {
             nics = getWindowsNics();
             dnsSuffixes = getWindowsDNSsuffixes();
           }
+          if (_linux) {
+            _dhcpNics = getLinuxDHCPnNics();
+          }
           for (let dev in ifaces) {
             let ip4 = '';
             let ip6 = '';
@@ -688,14 +742,12 @@ function networkInterfaces(callback) {
 
                 let lines = [];
                 try {
+                  lines = execSync(cmd).toString().split('\n');
                   const connectionName = getLinuxIfaceConnectionName(iface);
-                  dhcp = getLinuxIfaceDHCPstatus(connectionName);
+                  dhcp = getLinuxIfaceDHCPstatus(iface, connectionName, _dhcpNics);
                   dnsSuffix = getLinuxIfaceDNSsuffix(connectionName);
                   ieee8021xAuth = getLinuxIfaceIEEE8021xAuth(connectionName);
                   ieee8021xState = getLinuxIfaceIEEE8021xState(ieee8021xAuth);
-                  lines = execSync(cmd).toString().split('\n');
-
-
                 } catch (e) {
                   util.noop();
                 }
diff --git a/lib/util.js b/lib/util.js
index 131914e..e0a9998 100644
--- a/lib/util.js
+++ b/lib/util.js
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ const execOptsWin = {
   env: util._extend({}, process.env, { LANG: 'en_US.UTF-8' })
 };
 
-
 function toInt(value) {
   let result = parseInt(value, 10);
   if (isNaN(result)) {