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How do you find current internet network interface?

How do I find the network interface that's connected to the Internet? This machine could typically be connected via {eth0,eth1,usb0,wlan0}. The best I could think of is: sudo route | grep default | ...
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Changing IP address of current server

I have VM with IP address 10.10.10.99 how do I change the IP address to something else for e.g. 10.10.10.100 ? I have pinged to 10.10.10.100 and there is no such server in the network. Is there any ...
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Server reverts to DHCP from time to time

I have an Ubuntu 10.04 server with static IP address configuration: # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The primary network interface auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static ...
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Converting iptables command to ipfw

I am trying to convert code I made on ubuntu work with osx. I do not know how to convert the iptables commands to ipfw commands. Any help would be appreciated. Ubuntu Code: echo 1 > ...
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What is, and what problems result in a 'carrier error'

I haven't found a really clear definition about what a 'carrier error' is within the context of the ifconfig output for a interface. I have been searching on Google and there really isn't a great ...
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With CentOS 6 and LXC, “ifconfig” is unable to see network interface (but busybox “ifconfig” works fine)

I've just started working with LXC under CentOS 6 (via the libvirt adapter). If I create an LXC container, I'm unable to see any network interfaces when using the native system tools: # ifconfig -a ...
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FreeBSD netstat -di, Idrop vs Drop and drop count from NIC or kernel?

On FreeBSD what's the difference between Drop and Idrop in the netstat output? $ netstat -di Name Mtu Network Address Ipkts Ierrs Idrop Opkts Oerrs Coll Drop bge0* 1500 ...
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Server answers only on one IP. Why?

ifconfig -a eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:25:90:60:1B:FC inet addr:10.0.47.42 Bcast:10.255.255.255 Mask:255.255.255.248 inet6 addr: fe80::225:90ff:fe60:1bfc/64 ...
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ask about “teql0” from ifconfig in linux

I have an embedded target device with cross-compilation development settings (ELDK). I happened to use ifconfig to see the ethernet interfaces on the embedded OS. Besides, the eth/lo interfaces, I see ...
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interface id for ethernet card

My PC (CentOS)has one ethernet card 1, linked to the internal company network for internet surfing etc., and another ethernet card 2, linked with an embedded device for programming. Each time, when ...
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Configuring ip, subnet and gateway on eth interface

I'm in terminal on RedHat 5 and I need to configure one of the two eth interface with different IP, GATEWAY and SUBNET. I know ifconfig and route add but I'm not sure what I have to do for ...
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Configure static IPv6 on Ubuntu

I'm trying to configure IPv6 on a dedicated Ubuntu server. My provider gave me a "/64" (whatever that is - I'm still confused) of IPv6 addresses. However, when I try to use them, I can't ping ...
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Problem configuring Network aliases

Struggling a bit trying to work this out. I'm on a Centos 5.5 VPS with multiple IP addresses. I've setup the IP address alias for eth0 (eth0, eth0:1, eth0:2, eth0:3, eth0:4, eth0:5), each with a ...
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different MTU sizes for bond aliases

I have a bond interface but I want to change the MTU to 1500 only for bond9:22 Is this possible? bond9:22 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0E:0C:E4:BE:F9 inet addr:10.7.18.58 ...
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getting multicast on a virtual interface on linux

I create a virtual network interface with: ifconfig eth0:1 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 but when I ping the multicast address: ping 224.0.0.1 my virtual interface does not respond. Why?
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openvpn: client access policies

I'm trying to setup client access policies, akin to what is described in openvpn documentation. The configuration will use tun device in the above example, it seems the only thing restricting ...
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CentOS ifcfg-eth0 config file deleted. Utility to recreate it?

On CentOS I no longer have a ifcfg-eth0 configuration file (I deleted it). When I run system-configure-network it shows no interfaces that I can edit. How can I recreate the ifcfg-eth0 configuration ...
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openvpn: after changing to server mode, client does not create TUN device

i had a previously working configuration with the config files used in a previous question However, i've changed this now to the following configuration using server mode, everything on the logs seem ...
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Portable way to get list of all active network interfaces

I would like to get the list of all active network interfaces (e.g. eth0, wlan0). I assume I'll have to parse the output of ifconfig, but the formatting is different across the various OS's. Does ...
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Reported bandwidth usage differs between iproute2 and ifconfig

My group has a server set up to image our workstations using FOG. I was a bit curious to see how much bandwidth we were using. When I run ifconfig eth0, the TX/RX lines read RX packets:166949376 ...
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Why can I listen on an IP not listed by ifconfig?

I'm putting my hands on a legacy system (a Xen cluster) and I'm trying to understand its architecture. It seems that there are services listening on an IP (say, 1.2.3.4) that doesn't show up in ...
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Cannot set a static ip in Solaris(OpenIndiana)

I am running this command: ifconfig e1000g0 192.168.0.1 I have done over 50 variations with unplumbing/plumbing, up/down, netmask, and broadcast. Doesn't matter cause ifconfig e1000g0 always shows ...
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Can not run ifconfig like commands via browser

Problem is I cannot run "ifconfig" or similar commands via browser. Environment: Programming language : python Server : lighttpd(CGI) , running on busybox. Well machine is really small and so I ...
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NET-SNMP behaviour and message format

I have issued the following command on my server /usr/sbin/snmptrapd -f -Lo udp:3435 Then the server waits for an snmptrap message from client with the following message NET-SNMP version 5.3.1 ...
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Strange ifup/ifdown behaviour on Debian Lenny

First of all, here is my /etc/network/interfaces auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 10.10.4.142 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 10.10.4.1 auto eth1 iface ...
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RTNETLINK answers: Invalid argument

When my system boots up it shows the following message. Bringing up loopback interface: [ OK ] Bringing up interface eth0: RTNETLINK answers: Invalid argument [ OK ] Bringing up interface eth1: ...
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Change the order of IP addresses returned by ifconfig?

I have an Ubuntu server with several IP addresses attached to it. 127.0.0.1 is listed as venet0 by ifconfig. I'm using Chef to configure the server. The problem is that chef is listing 127.0.0.1 as ...
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Dropped packets in Linux

I'am using a machine as a router, it works sort of fine, however if I do a ping -t whatever.server it will always cause a 3-4% package loss, no matter what server. Looking at ifconfig or netstat -i ...
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Setting up virtual networks in vmware workstation 6

I've been googling this for hours and I seem to be confused. If anybody could give me a link or point me in the right direction it would be appreciated. I'm using vmware workstation 6. I have three ...
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Exact meaning of RX 'errors' and 'frame' in ifconfig output?

I'm seeing network problems with a (RHEL) node (packets dropped), which also seem to manifest themselves by a non-zero count of the 'error' and 'frame' fields in ifconfig output: eth2 Link ...
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configuring two network interfaces in ubuntu 10.04.1

I have got two NICs configured on a VM - each is tied to a specific network, one is a DMZ, the other is an internal network. I want MySQL to listen on the internal network only and Apache on the DMZ ...
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FreeBSD 8.0 “Watchdog Timeout” drops ethernet connection

Recently my FreeBSD 8.0 (GENERIC) box was hit with a large amount of requests from an IP in Taiwan, trying to guess passwords and all of that stuff. Anyway, long story short, I noticed at a certain ...
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Ifconfig Alias Address Assigned by DHCP

I would like to create several aliases to eth0, but have the addresses assigned by DHCP instead of being set to static IP's. Is this even possible? All the examples I've seen assign a static IP ...
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ASA >> Switch >> Server WAN/LAN Routing to NIC ports

I bought a Dell R610 to setup VMware ESXi -- the server has 2X dual port NICs. Normally with a single dual port NIC I assign my WAN IPs to eth0 and LAN IPs to eth1. With the new server I'd like to ...
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ifconfig showing wrong RX/TX byte count

ifconfig tells for eth0 some RX = 2,8GB, TX = 1,3GB value that cannot be real, since I recently transmitted many 10GB+ files over eth0. I would like to know if that's just some ordinary integer ...
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Why does ifconfig reset the default gateway route?

In FreeBSD, an ifconfig call seems to delete the default gateway route, even when given the same IP-address (e.g. when updating the netmask only). Is it a bug or a feature? As fas as I remember Linux ...
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eth0:0 is configured but not listed in ifconfig output

I have the following problem: My server was given two IPs from [b]different[/b] subnets. Now I am trying to configure the system to work properly. I have created [root@server ~]# cat ...
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Where Debian Lenny stores initial ifconfig values?

With upgrade of VMWare Player I suddenly found my Debian Lenny VM not getting IP address. Some DHCP issue maybe, I don't know. So I have to set it manually every boot in Player window, via: ifconfig ...
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Routing data through VPN in linux

I think its a silly question but still here it goes.. Terminal Output: eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1c:c0:37:5e:25 inet addr:10.100.98.51 Bcast:10.100.98.255 ...
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configuring network interfaces on redhat linux

I'm trying to configure the ip address, broadcast and subnet mask of a series of interfaces. However, I'd like to configure the IP Address independent of the broadcast address and vice versa. In other ...
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What does ifconfig promisc mode do, or promiscuous mode in general?

This is what man ifconfig has to say about it. [-]promisc Enable or disable the promiscuous mode of the interface. If selected, all packets on the network will be received by the ...
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Network Configuration

This is my situation: Router A: IP 192.168.1.1 Mask 192.168.1.0/24 - Connected to the internet. Server: - Interface eth0: inet addr:10.1.1.125 Mask:255.255.255.0 (connected to router B) - ...
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ifconfig dirties inode on proc (Linux)

I'm currently checking HD access with the following echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/block_dump tail -f /tmp/syslog and this log message pops up once in a while: Aug 31 22:44:18 Frasse kernel: [ ...
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Can't get an IP address

I'm running Ubuntu 9.04. I have an onboard network card. The computer usually boots perfectly, but today, I don't have an IP address. The light is on, on the network card as well as the switch. Other ...
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BASH script that tests for IP

Is there an elegant way to test an IP address in a BASH script? I could do ifconfig and narrow down the IP using sed/awk, but I think there is a simpler solution. My application is basically using ...
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Correct way of bringing network interface down in linux

For example: $ ifconfig dummy0 up $ ifconfig dummy0 "192.168.1.190 netmask 255.255.255.0" Calling ifconfig with no parameters shows the interface dummy0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr ...
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How can I reset the statistics reported by ifconfig?

I'm trying to trace a possible link problem on one of our servers' ethernet interfaces. ifconfig reports a large number of error packets. I've asked the hosting company to make some changes to the ...
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How to list all the ip addresses of a server

When I type ifconfig, I see that my server has an new ip address each day. The ip addresses belong to a set of ip addresses. How do I find out all the ip addresses of my server?