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Re: How do I find my local IP assigned by my ISP when using pon, etc?





What kernel are you using?


On 28 Jul 2001, Randolph S. Kahle wrote:

> Date: 28 Jul 2001 09:07:13 -0700
> From: Randolph S. Kahle <RandyKahle@KahleAssociates.com>
> To: dman <dsh8290@rit.edu>
> Cc: debian help <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Subject: Re: How do I find my local IP assigned by my ISP when using pon,
>      etc?
> Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> Thank you for the reply. I forgot to mention one complication, I am
> setting this machine up for someone who will not have root access (I
> will retain that). I am doing this so that they cannot "mess up" their
> own machine...
>
> The user will be able, from a user account, do a pon, poff, etc. to
> connect to the ISP. So, my challenge is to have the scripts run from
> user level security and install the firewall rules.
>
> How do I do this?
>
> Thanks -- Randy
>
>
>
> On 28 Jul 2001 11:20:22 -0400, dman wrote:
> >
> > /sbin/ifconfig will tell you what your IP is.  It is also in
> > /var/log/syslog.
> >
> > On Sat, Jul 28, 2001 at 08:16:05AM -0700, Randolph S. Kahle wrote:
> > |
> > | I am running potato and trying to configure dial-up Internet access.
> > |
> > | Everything is running fine - I can dial the ISP, authenticate, get an IP
> > | address, etc.
> > |
> > | Now I am trying to write firewall rules that will adapt to whatever IP I
> > | am assigned.
> >
> > apt-get install ipmasq
> >
> > It works great out-of-the-box. (I'm using it right now :-))
> >
> > -D
> >
> >
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