Confirming your TCP/IP information Become root in a terminal and type in as a command ifconfig. ComputerName:~# ifconfig To run from a user account: username@computername:~# /sbin/ifconfig displays information about the network connection. Information displayed:

• HWaddr - Hardware Address
• inet addr - Internet Address
• Bcast - Broadcast Address
• Mask - Netmask

Configuring TCP/IP for Linux To configure your computer for TCP/IP support, follow the directions on the linked page below:

• Configuring TCP/IP
  • Debian
  • SuSE
  • Slackware
  • Red Hat