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#1 User is offline   speX

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Posted 06 February 2006 - 02:17 AM

well u know how windows have its ipconfig.... i was wondering if linux has something similar in terminal (so that i dont have to go to website to view my ip when i ahve to) and also... how to release/renew ip and the command for it >_> lol
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Posted 06 February 2006 - 06:31 AM

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Try ifconfig as Root.
This will list your network interfaces.

ifup [interface_name] to start up one of the listed interfaces
ifdwon [interface_name] to bring down one of the listed network interfaces

Ive only been using linux a week, and still a wicked newbie, but I found this wonderful page with tons of commands and info: http://linux-newbie.sunsite.dk/


good-luck!
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Posted 06 February 2006 - 09:01 PM

QUOTE (speX @ Feb 6 2006, 01:17 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
well u know how windows have its ipconfig.... i was wondering if linux has something similar in terminal (so that i dont have to go to website to view my ip when i ahve to) and also... how to release/renew ip and the command for it >_> lol


If you are under a router, then its the router that is aware of its external IP, not your system. Therefore you will need to query it to find out.

Also to renew:
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/etc/init.d/network restart


That will restart the networking scripts..
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Posted 06 February 2006 - 09:45 PM

If you want to get your public IP from a terminal check this thread. You could add an alias to your ~/.bashrc:

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alias myip="wget -q www.whatismyip.com && grep displaycopy index.html|cut -d\' -f2 && rm -f index.html"


Afterwards you can retrieve your public IP with the 'myip' command. smile.gif
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Posted 07 February 2006 - 03:58 AM

cool thx biggrin.gif
but wat about releaseing and renewing ip like in windows if i ever need to renew my ip for a new ip
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Posted 07 February 2006 - 06:36 PM

QUOTE (speX @ Feb 7 2006, 03:58 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
but wat about releaseing and renewing ip like in windows if i ever need to renew my ip for a new ip

Either you restart your network as znx suggested or you run the following commands (first one not neccessary at all but you wanted the release, too):

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ifconfig eth0 down
dhclient eth0

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