Ifconfig

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.

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

Using ifconfig

In the Terminal Activity, type:

ifconfig eth0

MAC Address

The MAC Address is listed as ether in the third line:

eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet6 fe80::2268:9dff:fed2:7f79  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
        ether 20:68:9d:d2:7f:79  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 6  bytes 496 (496.0 B)
        TX errors 3  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

IP Address

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

eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet 10.0.0.108  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 10.0.0.255
        inet6 fe80::2268:9dff:fed2:7f79  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
        ether 20:68:9d:d2:7f:79  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 16  bytes 8192 (8.0 KiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 79  bytes 21861 (21.3 KiB)
        TX errors 3  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0