how to test network interface

bullfrog1870 · 11-30-2006, 09:52 PM

Hello:

How do I test that my network interface is working properly? I've heard it can be done w/o knowing my IP address. Could this also be applied for the default gateway?

Fedora Core 5

Thanks,
Tim

zmanea · 11-30-2006, 09:56 PM

What does ifconfig show? What does "ping 127.0.0.1" show?

romeo_tango · 11-30-2006, 10:39 PM

If it is a public interface, you could try to ping a website.
It should be replied like this if it is working.

PING www [dot] linuxquestions [dot] org (64.179.4.146) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from web2 [dot] linuxquestions [dot] org (64.179.4.146): icmp_seq=0 ttl=34 time=413 ms

bullfrog1870 · 11-30-2006, 10:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zmanea

What does ifconfig show? What does "ping 127.0.0.1" show?

I can ping my loopback. But I was wondering if there was a way to ping my network card w/o using the ip address. Example: "ping -eth0"