Re: what is the static ip address I assigned to eth0?
On Thursday 27 August 2015 06:02:13 Renaud OLGIATI wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Aug 2015 04:22:11 -0400
>
> Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> wrote:
> > > Months ago I installed Jessie + xfce on a laptop and assigned a
> > > static ip address to eth0. Now I have forgotten the ip address
> > > and need to know it before I plug it into my local network.
> > >
> > > The address is not in /etc/hosts, and there is no Network Manager
> > > Applet in the panel.
> > >
> > > How can I determine the address without reinstalling?
> >
> > Try reading "cat /etc/network/interfaces". Its a text file.
>
> Or, as root, run
>
> # ifconfig
>
Which only works if the interface is up and running. The OP was looking
for a way to tell the IPV* address before it was running. And if that
spec in interfaces is not qualified by the word static, its using dhcp
and will not be in that file. OTOH if he is using dhcp, and there is a
dhcpd running on HIS network, then its a who cares, it just works. As I
believe the OP found out later.
> Cheers,
>
> Ron.
Cheers, Gene Heskett
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