Enter “ifconfig” to see if I’m on the network. I can also enter
“ifconfig ". On my laptop, the Ethernet interface is
called "fxp0", so I would enter "ifconfig fxp0" as a short cut.
greg-pc# ifconfig
fxp0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet6 fe80::220:e0ff:fe67:1e76%fxp0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
inet 10.1.5.132 netmask 0xfffff800 broadcast 10.1.7.255
ether 00:20:e0:67:1e:76
media: autoselect (100baseTX ) status: active
supported media: autoselect 100baseTX 100baseTX 10baseT/UTP 10baseT/UTP
lp0: flags=8810<POINTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
faith0: flags=8000 mtu 1500
gif0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280
gif1: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280
gif2: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280
gif3: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x8
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
ppp0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
sl0: flags=c010<POINTOPOINT,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 552
greg-pc#
greg-pc# ifconfig fxp0
fxp0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet6 fe80::220:e0ff:fe67:1e76%fxp0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
inet 10.1.5.132 netmask 0xfffff800 broadcast 10.1.7.255
ether 00:20:e0:67:1e:76
media: autoselect (100baseTX ) status: active
supported media: autoselect 100baseTX 100baseTX 10baseT/UTP 10baseT/UTP
greg-pc#