check IP

[thcc2]

"which" is not going to find it if it's not in the PATH (which it obviously isn't). But yes it is usually at /sbin/ifconfig

You can see that spoon already told you it wasn't going to work like that.

You can su to root before running it.

It will work if you do this.

http://www.whatismyip.com/

Thanks Cabhan. I was just wondering if there was a way I could do it without using a website like this. Is there some way for me to interrogate the router for this information??

What do you need the external IP for ? to ssh to or access a web page maybe ?

You could use a dynamic DNS service so you would just access smolloy.dynip.com or a similar DNS name that wouldn't change.
http://www.dyndns.com/
http://www.dynamip.com/

Then you run a Dyanmic IP client on your workstation that 'phones home' to the dynamic DNS service to update your IP address and keey your DNS name pointed at it..

Really a neat service for home users.

What do u mean by external IP?

[smolloy]

The IP address is the internal IP. It is the IP address that your computer gives itself, but it is not the IP address that your ISP gives you. This is your external IP, and you can find it by going here -- http://www.whatismyip.com/

[thcc2]

The IP address is the internal IP. It is the IP address that your computer gives itself, but it is not the IP address that your ISP gives you. This is your external IP, and you can find it by going here -- http://www.whatismyip.com/

Thks for the interesting web site given