Local IP address?

[James Diehl]

Bob,
There are several web sites that can tell you what it
is!  If you can access the internet, go to What is my
IP, or My IP, or a few others that are listed. They
will instantaneously tell you what it is!
Diehl, James

--- Bob Nielsen <nielsen at oz.net> wrote:

> 
> On Feb 1, 2006, at 5:46 AM, Dave M G wrote:
> 
> > Ubuntu Users,
> >
> > This seems to be one of those questions so simple
> that no one feels  
> > the need to provide the information.
> >
> > I want to know how to be able to find out what my
> *local* IP  
> > address is. I have a router which automatically
> assigns an IP  
> > address to each computer hooked into it. I know my
> computer is in  
> > the range of 192.168.0.???. But the last number is
> something  
> > between 1 and 4, and I'm not sure what.
> >
> > I've looked around on the net and I can easily
> find out my address  
> > as seen from out on the internet, some completely
> random,  
> > dynamically number assigned at my Internet
> Provider. But that's not  
> > what I need to know.
> >
> > I need to know exactly what my LAN IP address is
> so that I can  
> > assign port forwarding to my computer.
> >
> > So, how do I do that?
> >
> 
> Type the 'ifconfig' command from a terminal window.
> 
> Possibly if you reboot your computer the router will
> assign a  
> different address.  Some routers permit you to tie
> an IP address to  
> the MAC address of your computer's network interface
> which would  
> avoid this.  Alternately, you can assign a static IP
> to your computer  
> (preferably outside the range of those assigned by
> DHCP) by using the  
> network configuration tool or editing
> /etc/network/interfaces.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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