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This command is run in the standard Linux environment via the Terminal Activity. The GUI will probably not integrate comfortably with the XO Laptop's Sugar environment. Your user experience may vary considerably depending on the established environment and the other programs running on the laptop, may need re-installation after an OS Update. See the Linux software category for other commands.

ifconfig is a Linux command to review network configuration options and must be run through the "Terminal Activity".

[edit] ifconfig for Wireless eth0

At a Terminal Activity command prompt, enter

/sbin/ifconfig -a eth0        

[edit] MAC Address

The MAC Address is listed as HWaddr in the first line.

/sbin/ifconfig -a eth0    
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:17:C4:05:24:24  
          inet addr:192.168.1.107  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::217:c4ff:fe05:2424/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:1597 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:747 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:260962 (254.8 KiB)  TX bytes:110450 (107.8 KiB)

[edit] IP Address

If your XO is connected to a wireless network, the IP address is listed on the second line as inet addr:

/sbin/ifconfig -a eth0    
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:17:C4:05:24:24  
          inet addr:192.168.1.107  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::217:c4ff:fe05:2424/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:1597 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:747 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:260962 (254.8 KiB)  TX bytes:110450 (107.8 KiB)