From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 29 18:24:40 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C62A9BF8 for ; Sat, 29 Dec 2012 18:24:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx01.qsc.de (mx01.qsc.de [213.148.129.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81AE98FC0A for ; Sat, 29 Dec 2012 18:24:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-31-80.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.31.80]) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84FC73CADA; Sat, 29 Dec 2012 19:16:02 +0100 (CET) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id qBTIG4Z7001885; Sat, 29 Dec 2012 19:16:04 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2012 19:16:04 +0100 From: Polytropon To: Fbsd8 Subject: Re: static ip address and ifconfig Message-Id: <20121229191604.cff1a883.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <50DF30EA.1030408@a1poweruser.com> References: <50DF24BC.20507@a1poweruser.com> <20121229124207.110dca60@europa> <50DF30EA.1030408@a1poweruser.com> Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Mike Jeays , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: Polytropon List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2012 18:24:40 -0000 On Sat, 29 Dec 2012 13:05:30 -0500, Fbsd8 wrote: > Mike Jeays wrote: > > On Sat, 29 Dec 2012 12:13:32 -0500 > > Fbsd8 wrote: > > > >> I don't have static ip address so I can not find out for myself. > >> Lets say I am a company that my ISP has assigned us > >> 25 static ip address. > >> > >> When I issue the ifconfig command what will it show me? > >> > >> Just the single primary static ip address or all 25 of them in a list? > >> > >> Thanks > >> _______________________________________________ > > > > It will just show the one currently assigned. > > > > Try it - just bring up an xterm and type 'ifconfig' You don't have to > > be root, and you can't do any harm. > > > > > > em0: flags=8843 metric 0 mtu 1500 > > options=9b > > ether 08:00:27:40:ca:a9 > > inet 10.0.2.15 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.0.2.255 # HERE IT IS > > media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT ) > > status: active > > > > Nope 10.0.2.15 is a private lan IP address, its not public routable. > question has to be answered by some body who has multiple static public > routable ip address assigned by their ISP. The presented example simply shows a typical ifconfig output. On the "inet" line, you can see the assigned IP addresses. As per definition, one interface can be assigned more than one IP address, and maybe those will show in the ifconfig output - however, this depends on your actual setup, for example when you have specific network gear that "translates" one or more static IP addresses into local addresses that are _then_ assigned to individual network interfaces. However, at my old location I had assigned one static IP address directly delivered to the NIC, and ifconfig did show exactly that address. Simply try "ifconfig" and show what it prints for YOU. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...