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Date:      Wed, 9 Jun 1999 15:49:10 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        "Dainel \"The Bruce\" Keller" <dkeller@psln.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: begginner question: how can i determin my local IP address?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9906091548290.3005-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <016901beb1f5$ad108f00$a33d9bce@g6200>

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On Tue, 8 Jun 1999, Dainel "The Bruce" Keller wrote:

> I posted a similar message here last night, but I haven't gotten any
> response and I never received the message myself so I'm not sure if it got
> through,

Paitience my son.  This is a volunteer list, not one human being.

> > I am having some trouble determining my local IP address when I dial into
> my
> > ISP. I have been getting what I believe is my IP from "netstat -rn", but I
> > can not usr this number to telnet, or ftp, or connect to any of the other
> > services available on "localhost" or "127.0.0.1". I am not sure if I am
> > getting the IP wrong, or if for some reason I cannon connect to myself
> > though the IP (perhaps I need to enable some sort of other routing, or
> > change my ipfw rules, which are currently set up for natd and are using
> > "ipfw add pass all from any to any"). Any help would be greatly
> appreciated.

You're probably looking at your gateway's IP, not y ours.  Are you sing
ppp or pppd?


Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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