Re: Desktop Help//Finding IP address

[Mewshi Mewshi <mewshi gmail com>]

Knowing your IP address is a necessary part of setting up certain network types.  To find the IP address of a computer, there are two methods:  using the Network Manager applet built in to the GNOME desktop to find the IP address, or using the command line interface (CLI).

From within Network-Manager:
1)  Right-click on the network manager applet icon.
2)  Select "Connection Information".
3)  Your IP address on the local network will be displayed under IP address.  If you connect directly to the internet, this is also your outward-facing IP address (the IP address the outside world sees).  If you connect through a router, hub, or switch, this will be your local IP address, rather than your outward facing IP address.

From the command line interface (CLI):
1)  Open the Terminal application (Applications ->  Accessories -> Terminal; alternatively, press Alt+F2,type in "gnome-terminal" (without quotation marks), and press the "Run" button).
2)  Type in "ifconfig" (Again, without the quotation marks) and hit the Enter key.
3)  Locate your interface; if you are on an ethernet connection, for example, you will be looking for eth followed by a number (usually 0); wireless connections are called wlan followed by a number (again, usually 0).  Note:  Your interface will *never* be lo, as this is what's known as the loopback device.
4)  Your IP address on the local network will be displayed after "inet addr:".  If you connect directly to the internet, this is also your outward-facing IP.  If you connect through a router or hub, this will be your local IP address, rather than your outward-facing IP address.