i am actually connected to a computer that is connected to a LAN.
I want to find out my ip address.
My system has windows and linux installed on it. Will the ip addresses be same for both the os.
Can anybody explain me what the output of the "arp" and the "route" command means.

Thanx in advance.........
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as root you can try this If your ethernet connection is eth0 then you will see a line like this one:
inet addr:192.168.1.34

That address is your IP for the LAN. Your IP should be the same for both OS's, but it is only guarenteed if your IP is static, or if your address assigner (router or whatever) associates your ethernet's hardware address with a certain IP address, in which case your computer will have the same IP because of your card having a static hardware address.

if just typing ifconfig does not work, or you get an error stating that the command is unknown, try typing in

/sbin/ifconfig

Hi,

your addresses on Win and Linux are not the same (or at least, there's no reason why they would be the same).
On Win, the best way to look at your IP is to open a console (Start->Execute : command) and type ipconfig.

...Aren't we talking about Linux, exclusively?

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To find the local ip
in linux type
in windows
To find the wan ip from the router
goto
http://www.whatismyip.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Address...ution_Protocol
http://linux.die.net/man/8/route

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Just to clarify: by "I want to find out my ip address" do you mean the address of the computer itself (a LAN address) or the address on the Internet (a WAN address, supplied by your ISP)?

How to find out your IP: try the below commands

Commands //Comments
Ifconfig // Show the IP address and other associative details
ifconfig -a // Show all the available active and de-active devices from the network modules
ip addr // Legacy POSIX standard command to find the IP of the network.
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arp:

ARP is a command (arp) in linux, where we can use to clear the address mapping entry. Also we can set a manual entry for the system. Try issuing the command " arp -v "
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route:

route is a command in Linux where we can find the route entries for the network. Issue the command " route --s" you could able to see the default route and other route entries. Route is nothing but the route to travel through the gateway.
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