static ip address and ifconfig

Fbsd8 fbsd8 at a1poweruser.com
Sat Dec 29 18:05:31 UTC 2012


Mike Jeays wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Dec 2012 12:13:32 -0500
> Fbsd8 <fbsd8 at a1poweruser.com> wrote:
> 
>> I don't have static ip address so I can not find out for myself.
>> Lets say I am a company that my ISP has assigned us
>> 25 static ip address.
>>
>> When I issue the ifconfig command what will it show me?
>>
>> Just the single primary static ip address or all 25 of them in a list?
>>
>> Thanks
>> _______________________________________________
> 
> It will just show the one currently assigned.
> 
> Try it - just bring up an xterm and type 'ifconfig' You don't have to 
> be root, and you can't do any harm.
> 
> 
> em0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
> 	options=9b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,VLAN_HWCSUM>
> 	ether 08:00:27:40:ca:a9
> 	inet 10.0.2.15 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.0.2.255  # HERE IT IS
> 	media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>)
> 	status: active
> 

Nope 10.0.2.15 is a private lan IP address, its not public routable.
question has to be answered by some body who has multiple static public 
routable ip address assigned by their ISP.



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