diff --git a/docs/docs/configuration/index.md b/docs/docs/configuration/index.md
index bddced7ac..ad52e7972 100644
--- a/docs/docs/configuration/index.md
+++ b/docs/docs/configuration/index.md
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ ui:
 
 # Optional: Telemetry configuration
 telemetry:
-  # Optional: Enabled network interfaces for bandwidth stats monitoring (default: shown below)
+  # Optional: Enabled network interfaces for bandwidth stats monitoring (default: empty list, let nethogs search all)
   network_interfaces:
     - eth
     - enp
@@ -640,6 +640,7 @@ telemetry:
     # Enable Intel GPU stats (default: shown below)
     intel_gpu_stats: True
     # Enable network bandwidth stats monitoring for camera ffmpeg processes, go2rtc, and object detectors. (default: shown below)
+    # NOTE: The container must either be privileged or have cap_net_admin, cap_net_raw capabilities enabled.
     network_bandwidth: False
   # Optional: Enable the latest version outbound check (default: shown below)
   # NOTE: If you use the HomeAssistant integration, disabling this will prevent it from reporting new versions
diff --git a/frigate/config.py b/frigate/config.py
index 6a8d6ce69..dc9902902 100644
--- a/frigate/config.py
+++ b/frigate/config.py
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ class StatsConfig(FrigateBaseModel):
 
 class TelemetryConfig(FrigateBaseModel):
     network_interfaces: List[str] = Field(
-        default=["eth", "enp", "eno", "ens", "wl", "lo"],
+        default=[],
         title="Enabled network interfaces for bandwidth calculation.",
     )
     stats: StatsConfig = Field(
diff --git a/frigate/util/services.py b/frigate/util/services.py
index 0d5de327d..2ffddcacf 100644
--- a/frigate/util/services.py
+++ b/frigate/util/services.py
@@ -143,6 +143,9 @@ def get_cpu_stats() -> dict[str, dict]:
 
 
 def get_physical_interfaces(interfaces) -> list:
+    if not interfaces:
+        return []
+
     with open("/proc/net/dev", "r") as file:
         lines = file.readlines()
 
@@ -171,6 +174,7 @@ def get_bandwidth_stats(config) -> dict[str, dict]:
     )
 
     if p.returncode != 0:
+        logger.error(f"Error getting network stats :: {p.stderr}")
         return usages
     else:
         lines = p.stdout.split("\n")