diff --git a/internal/extract/nic.go b/internal/extract/nic.go
index faecfae9..3a634802 100644
--- a/internal/extract/nic.go
+++ b/internal/extract/nic.go
@@ -229,18 +229,27 @@ func NICIrqMappingsFromOutput(outputs map[string]script.ScriptOutput) [][]string
 // NICSummaryFromOutput returns a summary of installed NICs.
 func NICSummaryFromOutput(outputs map[string]script.ScriptOutput) string {
 	nics := ParseNicInfo(outputs[script.NicInfoScriptName].Stdout)
-	if len(nics) == 0 {
-		return "N/A"
-	}
 	modelCount := make(map[string]int)
 	for _, nic := range nics {
+		// don't include virtual functions or bridge devices in the summary as they are not physical NICs, and we want the summary to reflect physical hardware
+		if nic.IsVirtual || strings.Contains(nic.Name, "(virtual)") || nic.Driver == "bridge" {
+			continue
+		}
+		if strings.TrimSpace(nic.Model) == "" {
+			vendor := strings.TrimSpace(nic.Vendor)
+			if vendor == "" {
+				nic.Model = "Unknown Vendor and Model"
+			} else {
+				nic.Model = vendor + " Unknown Model"
+			}
+		}
 		modelCount[nic.Model]++
 	}
+	if len(modelCount) == 0 {
+		return "N/A"
+	}
 	var summary []string
 	for model, count := range modelCount {
-		if model == "" {
-			model = "Unknown NIC"
-		}
 		summary = append(summary, fmt.Sprintf("%dx %s", count, model))
 	}
 	return strings.Join(summary, ", ")
diff --git a/internal/script/scripts.go b/internal/script/scripts.go
index f764d8c5..55e7a68e 100644
--- a/internal/script/scripts.go
+++ b/internal/script/scripts.go
@@ -845,8 +845,34 @@ rdmsr 0x2FFE
 	udevadm_out=$(udevadm info --query=all --path=/sys/class/net/"$ifc")
 	echo "Vendor ID: $(echo "$udevadm_out" | grep ID_VENDOR_ID= | cut -d'=' -f2)"
 	echo "Model ID: $(echo "$udevadm_out" | grep ID_MODEL_ID= | cut -d'=' -f2)"
-	echo "Vendor: $(echo "$udevadm_out" | grep ID_VENDOR_FROM_DATABASE= | cut -d'=' -f2)"
-	echo "Model: $(echo "$udevadm_out" | grep ID_MODEL_FROM_DATABASE= | cut -d'=' -f2)"
+	vendor=$(echo "$udevadm_out" | grep ID_VENDOR_FROM_DATABASE= | cut -d'=' -f2)
+	echo "Vendor: $vendor"
+	model=$(echo "$udevadm_out" | grep ID_MODEL_FROM_DATABASE= | cut -d'=' -f2)
+	# fall back to lspci if model is not available from udevadm, and trim vendor prefix if present (e.g. "Intel Ethernet Controller" -> "Ethernet Controller")
+	if [ -z "$model" ]; then
+		id_path=$(echo "$udevadm_out" | grep ID_PATH= | cut -d'=' -f2)
+		bdf=${id_path##*-}
+		# ID_PATH may include the domain (0000:49:00.0); lspci typically prints 49:00.0.
+		if [[ "$bdf" == *:*:* ]]; then
+			bdf=${bdf#*:}
+		fi
+		if [ -n "$bdf" ] && command -v lspci >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+			model=$(lspci -s "$bdf" -i pci.ids.gz | awk 'NR == 1 { pos = index($0, ": "); if (pos > 0) print substr($0, pos + 2); exit }')
+			if [ -n "$model" ] && [ -n "$vendor" ]; then
+				model=$(awk -v vendor="$vendor" -v model="$model" 'BEGIN {
+					v = tolower(vendor)
+					m = tolower(model)
+					out = model
+					if (v != "" && substr(m, 1, length(v)) == v) {
+						out = substr(model, length(v) + 1)
+						sub(/^[[:space:]]+/, "", out)
+					}
+					print out
+				}')
+			fi
+		fi
+	fi
+	echo "Model: $model"
 	echo "MTU: $(cat /sys/class/net/"$ifc"/mtu 2>/dev/null)"
 	echo "$ethtool_out"
 	echo "$ethtool_i_out"
@@ -883,7 +909,7 @@ rdmsr 0x2FFE
 	echo "----------------------------------------"
 done
 `,
-		Depends:   []string{"ethtool"},
+		Depends:   []string{"ethtool", "lspci", "pci.ids.gz"},
 		Superuser: true,
 	},
 	IRQBalanceScriptName: {