> I am using 'Tiger', use the terminal, icon found in
> 'Applications/Utilities'.
>
> 'ifconfig en0' will get you the ethernet interface details
> 'netstat -r' will get you routing
> 'scutil --dns' will show the dns resolvers configured
thanks Lyndon. using these commands I have the following results from the
ibook, if they are of any help...
frances-martins-ibook-g4:~ frances$ ifconfig en0
en0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet6 fe80::211:24ff:fed7:2b40%en0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4
inet 192.168.1.100 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
ether 00:11:24:d7:2b:40
media: autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>) status: active
supported media: none autoselect 10baseT/UTP <half-duplex>
10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex,hw-loopback>
100baseTX <half-duplex> 100baseTX <full-duplex> 100baseTX
<full-duplex,hw-loopback>
frances-martins-ibook-g4:~ frances$ netstat -r
Routing tables
Internet:
Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Netif Expire
default 192.168.1.1 UGSc 107 41 en0
127 localhost UCS 0 0 lo0
localhost localhost UH 11 187517 lo0
169.254 link#4 UCS 0 0 en0
192.168.1 link#4 UCS 1 0 en0
192.168.1.1 0:13:10:6c:82:53 UHLW 107 126 en0 1060
192.168.1.100 localhost UHS 0 0 lo0
Internet6:
Destination Gateway Flags Netif Expire
localhost link#1 UHL lo0
localhost Uc lo0
localhost link#1 UHL lo0
link#4 UC en0
frances-martins-ib 0:11:24:d7:2b:40 UHL lo0
ff01:: localhost U lo0
ff02::%lo0 localhost UC lo0
ff02::%en0 link#4 UC en0
frances-martins-ibook-g4:~ frances$ scutil --dns
DNS configuration
resolver #1
nameserver[0] : 10.1.1.1
order : 200000
resolver #2
domain : local
nameserver[0] : 224.0.0.251
nameserver[1] : ff02::fb
options : attempts:4
port : 5353
timeout : 2
order : 300000
resolver #3
domain : 254.169.in-addr.arpa
nameserver[0] : 224.0.0.251
nameserver[1] : ff02::fb
options : attempts:4
port : 5353
timeout : 2
order : 300001
resolver #4
domain : 0.8.e.f.ip6.arpa
nameserver[0] : 224.0.0.251
nameserver[1] : ff02::fb
options : attempts:4
port : 5353
timeout : 2
order : 300002