what's my IP

surban99 · 06-15-2004, 08:57 AM

this is probably the dumbest question ever asked on this forum, but how to i find out what my ip is? is there a linux version of ipconfig or something?

kevinatkins · 06-15-2004, 09:08 AM

hi,

open a console window.

the command 'route -n' will show you your IP routing table, from which you will be able to determine the IP address of the interface in question - eg. eth0

it's also useful in troubleshooting routing problems...

surban99 · 06-15-2004, 09:14 AM

bash: route : command not found

Crunch · 06-15-2004, 09:17 AM

Make sure you're the privileged user
(eg: root).

surban99 · 06-15-2004, 09:19 AM

thanks!!

surban99 · 06-15-2004, 09:30 AM

Code:

Kernel IP routeing table
Destination     Gateway     Genmask          Flags  Metric   Ref   Use   Iface
10.21.0.0       0.0.0.0     255.255.248.0    U      0        0     0     eth0
0.0.0.0         10.21.0.1   0.0.0.0          UG     0        0     0     eth0

i see the gateway but no ethernet adapter addy?

XavierP · 06-15-2004, 09:48 AM

Try ifconfig as root - that should give you all the info you need (also read 'man ifconfig' so you can limit or expand the info you get).

Avatar · 06-15-2004, 11:08 AM

If you are looking for your External IP address, and have Internet connection, just go to http://www.whatismyip.com

Internal IP just do what Xavier said, do ifconfig eth0 (or whatever your Ethernet card is)

surban99 · 06-21-2004, 12:27 PM

i got it if config worked, thanks a ton guys