Re: [LUG] ip address

[Neil Williams <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Friday 21 Mar 2003 10:59 pm, jon davey wrote:
> Hi. I've cheked man ip ehere it sugested looking for
> usr/share/dbc/iproute......................and looked for

Doesn't appear on my Mandrake9.

> usr/share/dbc/iproute-2.4.7/ip-cref.ps which did'nt appear to exist,
> possibly due to my install selections.......but I'm none the wiser in
> working out what the ip address is of my computer. I've also tried pinging
> localhost(127.0.0.1) which replied with 127.0.0.1 repetedly and tried
> looking in etc/resolv.conf

ifconfig (as root)
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:20:78:1A:4E:55
          inet addr:192.168.0.1  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
........
lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
...

>   I need to know this as I'm trying to set up a LAN here at home.  I'm
> probably making this more difficult than it needs to be (as usual). Will
> someone help ?........
> Jon

If all you get is:

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
...

then your network card is not fully configured or possibly isn't being 
recognised. Post again with more info if that's the case.

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Neil Williams
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