On Wed, 23 Oct 2002, DaleCo Help Desk wrote:
> PL> PS - Is `arp -a` the most reliable way to get one's current IP address?
> What's wrong with "ifconfig" ???
> Kevin Kinsey

I was not familiar with ifconfig and am surprised at such a similar name to
winipcfg for Win98.  It seems arp -a tells me one IP while ipconfig tells
me another.  Is that because I'm using DHCP, or is arp -a maybe reporting a
DNS value, not my currently-assigned IP?

PS - Yack! ".biz?!"

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