Re: a stupid question, and OT to boot

2005-12-27 Thread David Benfell
On Tue, 27 Dec 2005 16:11:09 -0500, Matthew Jenove wrote: > 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 r

Re: a stupid question, and OT to boot

2005-12-27 Thread Matthew Jenove
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 tha

Re: a stupid question, and OT to boot

2005-12-27 Thread David Benfell
On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 22:34:28 -0600, Julesg wrote: > Because I want to discover the IP address at box REMOTE. > Probably the easiest way is to run tcpdump. You'll want options to limit the output to ICMP traffic. "man tcpdump" for details. If, however, REMOTE's IP address is in a network addres

Re: a stupid question, and OT to boot

2005-12-27 Thread Ted Unangst
On 12/26/05, Julesg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am modem'ed into a remote box, (call it box REMOTE,) while I am at box > LOCAL. > > I know my IP number (at LOCAL) > > I don't know the IP number at REMOTE > > So I am telling the REMOTE system to ping me. > > How can I look at who is pinging me o