David Benfell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why is this off topic? Because it is administrivia more suitable for a unix newbies list?
man afterboot, then searching for "network" will point you to ifconfig, which would be the right way to figure out the IP address(es) -- where as the "where did that ping come from" approach breaks behind NATing (as you already mentioned). And an easier solution than the one asked about would be to point a web browser at http://whatismyip.com/ -mj