Joachim Fahnenmüller wrote:
Hi Hugo, On Fri, Jan 06, 2006 at 12:44:34PM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:Hi, Debian's search tool is down. Anybody know where ifconfig gets the inet addr? ... ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocolinet addr:200.57.201.194 P-t-P:200.57.219.18 Mask:255.255.255.255...What sort of interface is it, and how do you bring it up? E. G. if it is a modem connection to an ISP, the IP address is probably given by the ISP Regards
I did not phrase that question correctly. I mean, where in the /proc or /sym directories is the IP address stored. From someplace there ifconfig gets it. Indeed initially it is provided by the ISP. H