[gnome-user-docs] net-findip and net-macaddress updates



commit 74d64436dd6e5a38ad8cfd57e0319292e0477675
Author: Jim Campbell <jwcampbell gmail com>
Date:   Mon Mar 21 15:50:12 2011 -0400

    net-findip and net-macaddress updates

 gnome-help/C/net-findip.page     |   33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 gnome-help/C/net-macaddress.page |   11 ++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/gnome-help/C/net-findip.page b/gnome-help/C/net-findip.page
index 90bf4c7..a9b6bd7 100644
--- a/gnome-help/C/net-findip.page
+++ b/gnome-help/C/net-findip.page
@@ -3,25 +3,40 @@
       id="net-findip">
   <info>
     <link type="guide" xref="net"/>
-    <revision pkgversion="3.0" date="2011-03-20" status="stub"/>
+    <link type="seealso" xref="net-what-is-ip-address"/>
+    <revision pkgversion="3.0" date="2011-03-20" status="review"/>
 
-    <credit type="author copyright">
+    <credit type="author">
       <name>Shaun McCance</name>
       <email>shaunm gnome org</email>
       <years>2011</years>
     </credit>
 
-    <desc></desc>
+    <credit type="author">
+      <name>Jim Campbell</name>
+      <email>jwcampbell gmail com</email>
+      <years>2011</years>
+    </credit>
+    <desc>Knowing your IP address can help you troubleshoot network problems.</desc>
   </info>
 
   <title>Find your IP address</title>
 
-  <comment>
-    <cite date="2011-03-20" href="mailto:shaunm gnome org">Shaun McCance</cite>
-    <p>This assumes the reader knows how to.... By the end of this page,
-    the reader will be able to....</p>
-  </comment>
+  <p>Knowing your IP address can help you to troubleshoot problems with your internet connection. You may be surprised to learn that you have <em>two</em> IP addresses: an IP address for your computer on the internal network and an IP address for your computer on the internet.</p>
+
+  <p>Find your internal IP address:</p>
+  <steps>
+    <item><p>Right-click on the <gui>network icon</gui> in the <gui>top bar</gui>.</p></item>
+    <item><p>Select <gui>Connection information</gui>.</p></item>
+    <item><p>Your internal IP address will be displayed as the <gui>IP Address</gui>.</p></item>
+  </steps>  
 
-  <p>Short introductory text...</p>
+  <p>Click <gui>Close</gui> to close the <gui>Connection Information</gui> window.</p>
 
+  <p>Find your external, internet IP address:</p>
+  <steps>
+    <item><p>Visit <link href="http://whatismyipaddress.com/";>whatismyipaddress.com</link>.</p></item>
+    <item><p>The site will dispaly your external IP address for you</p></item>
+  </steps>
+ 
 </page>
diff --git a/gnome-help/C/net-macaddress.page b/gnome-help/C/net-macaddress.page
index 607ecdb..89c2e4c 100644
--- a/gnome-help/C/net-macaddress.page
+++ b/gnome-help/C/net-macaddress.page
@@ -25,6 +25,15 @@
 
   <p>A MAC address consists of six sets of two characters, each separated by a colon. <code>00:1B:44:11:3A:B7</code> is an example of a MAC address.</p>
 
-  <p>In practice, a MAC address may sometimes legitimately need to be modified, or "spoofed." For example, some internet service providers may require that a specific MAC address be used to access their service. If the network card stops working, and the user changes their network card, the service won't work anymore. In such cases, the user would need to spoof the MAC address.</p>
+  <p>You can easily identify the MAC address of your own network hardware:</p>
+  <steps>
+    <item><p>Right-click on the <gui>network icon</gui> in the <gui>top bar</gui>.</p></item>
+    <item><p>Select <gui>Connection information</gui>.</p></item>
+    <item><p>Your MAC address will be displayed as the <gui>Hardware Address</gui>.</p></item>
+  </steps>  
+
+  <p>Click <gui>Close</gui> to close the <gui>Connection Information</gui> window.</p>
+    
+  <note><p>In practice, a MAC address may sometimes legitimately need to be modified, or "spoofed." For example, some internet service providers may require that a specific MAC address be used to access their service. If the network card stops working, and you need to change your network card, the service won't work anymore. In such cases, you would need to spoof the MAC address.</p></note>
 
 </page>



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