[olug] Unix Tip: GET YOUR IP-ADDRESS, Omaha Perl Mongers

[Don Kauffman]

  ping -a kauffman2443 did not work.

  ping -b  however , gave the following information.
[dekauff at kauffman2443 dekauff]$ ping -b kauffman2443
WARNING: pinging broadcast address
PING kauffman2443.tconl.com (10.90.0.0) from 10.90.2.237 : 56(84) bytes 
of data.
--- kauffman2443.tconl.com ping statistics ---
17 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss

Like I said. I  don't think I have it set up correctly but it works for 
internet access.

Don
Jeff Hinrichs wrote:

>>I did what you suggested and got this
>>
>> python -c "import socket; print
>>    
>>
>socket.gethostbyname(socket.gethostname())"
>  
>
>>10.90.0.0
>>
>>I did what the tip suggested and got this.
>>
>>/sbin/ifconfig | grep "inet addr" |  grep -v "127.0.0.1" | awk '{print
>>$2;}' |  awk -F':' '{print $2;}'
>>10.90.2.237
>>
>>I know why --  it hearkens back to something I had  questions on but
>>never got a satisfactory answer about. I'd still like an answer because
>>I don't think I've got the system set up correctly. What it amounts to
>>is that I don't know how to get the hostname to pull an IP from dhcp
>>when the system is starting up. The hostname seems to need a dedicated IP.
>>    
>>
>
>
>I checked a dhcp'd client (linux and win) and static ip'd machines also.
>I'm
>interested why it doesn't work on yours.
>
>What do you get when;
> ping -a hostname*
>            *where hostname is the name of the machine that you are on.
>Is it 10.90.0.0 or 10.90.2.237, I'd be surprised if its not 10.90.0.0 .
>
>-Jeff
>
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