networking help please. complete newbie :-)
kvidell
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Mon May 16 14:16:49 UTC 2005
Lee Jamieson Wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am trying to get my afore mentioned kubuntu box to talk to my xp
> box. I dont know what the linux box's ip address is, and I'm not sure
> how to find it. In XP I would use ipconfig from the command line, is
> there a equivalent command for linux?
>
> I am using a onboard lan on my linux box. I think I can ping my
> windows box from linux, but can't do it the other way around. All I
> want to do is get the internet up and running.
>
> I apologise for repeating a question that's (I'm sure) been asked many
> times before.
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> Regards,
>
> Lee Jamieson
>
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The command you're looking for in linux is "ifconfig"
just run ifconfig from your terminal and it'll tell you the various ip
addresses of different interfaces on your system.
- Kev
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