That's the hard way--and it's really only a trial and error guess. ifconfig is the correct way. Glenn at home writes: > I have a router and I also have XP on the router, so I did the windows XP > command in a Dos Shell: > ipconfig > and I took the IP address for the XP machine of: > 192.168.0.106 > and subtracted one to be: > 192.168.0.105 > and it worked for my FTP server as well as Debian in general. > I don't know how I would have gottin the IP address without having the XP > machine on the same router. > Glenn > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard Wells" <richwels at bupster.cjb.net> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Friday, December 24, 2004 10:16 AM > Subject: Re: IP address > > > ifconfig only works if you are not behind a router. That is, you will get an > ip address but it will be something like 192.168... That won't help you get > the actual external ip address which is what you will need. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sina Bahram" <sbahram at nc.rr.com> > To: "'Glenn at home'" <GlennErvin at cableone.net>; "'Speakup is a screen > review system for Linux.'" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 12:00 AM > Subject: RE: IP address > > > ifconfig > > Take care, > Sina > > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] > On Behalf Of Glenn at home > Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 11:41 PM > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > Subject: IP address > > > What is the command I can use to find the IP address that my FTPD server can > > be identified as on the www? > I typed man ftpd and did not find anything to help here. > Thanks > Glenn > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Chair Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina at freestandards.org Phone: +1 202.494.7040 If Linux doesn't solve your computing problem, you need a different problem.
