IP address, how to find

[John McKendry]

heidi wrote:
> 
> (I'll be a newbie for ever.  Thanks for help at last fall's InstallFest.)
> How do I find my own computer's ip address.  If I type ifconfig I get
> the standard:
> 
> inet addr:192.168.0.101  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
> 
> Someone wants to look into the Red Hat Linux 9 I have installed on my
> computer to help me troublshoot.  This is a pieced together computer
> with an ethernet connection.
> 
 You've gotten lots of good answers, but nobody yet has mentioned
http://www.ipchicken.com . Look at this site with any Web browser
and it will show you the IP address that your request came from.
Assuming that this is some sort of firewall situation, you will
next have to figure out how to set up port forwarding on your
firewall, so that packets arriving at a specified port on the
firewall will be passed through to your computer. The specifics
of that process will vary by manufacturer and model and phase of
moon, but the box's Web interface should offer you some sort of
"advanced setup options" that let you do it.

John