Unix/Linux/MacOSx : Get local IP address
Problem :
How to find out my MacOSX/ Linux / UNIX system ip address, subnet and related networking information from a command prompt?
Solution :
Use this command :
ifconfig
- Ifconfig is used to configure the network interfaces during boot time.
- If no arguments are given to ifconfig command it displays the status of the current active interfaces.
- It displays Ethernet IP address, Mac address, subnet mask and other information.
- ifconfig tool is available to all *nix based OS.
Example output :
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
options=3<RXCSUM,TXCSUM>
inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
gif0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280
stf0: flags=0<> mtu 1280
en0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether f8:d1:11:16:ea:34
inet6 fe80::fad1:11ff:fe16:ea34%en0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4
inet 192.168.1.65 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
media: autoselect
status: active
By Adam Ng
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