Frans is right... ifconfig is your friend on many levels.
In Mandrake, ifconfig is not in a regular user's path. So you'll need to
be root, or have to include the full path. /sbin/ifconfig
But here's a way to get the MAC address. Just use this command here to
cut out what you need with out the extra info.
root@jedi:~# ifconfig eth0 | grep HWaddr
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:04:0A:B5:30
The MAC address is printed after the HWaddr. There are probably other
ways of getting that information, but I don't know of them.
tdh
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| want, but some of your addresses are filtered out of my e-mail. I hate to do
| that, it is bad list etiquette. How do I expect to get my questions answered if
| I don't read half of your e-mails?
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| I am assuming, then, when I asked some questions previously that somebody did
| answer me, I just didn't see the answer. Because you were blocked. I feel very
| bad about that and understand that my moral health has declined. However, no
| matter how steeped in sin I am, I still don't have time to read a hundred
| e-mails every morning. Sorry.
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| Regardless, I still have my questions. I figured out the printing thing. I am
| actually pretty glad I did that on my own because I learned some stuff. My
| biggest problem right now is that I need to figure out my physical
| address(MAC). How? I need static IP's and my DHCP server says I need to know
| my MAC addresses before I can get them. Help, please.
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| Also, I would like to figure out how to dial-in to my machine so that I can
| access internet service from home. That is secondary, though.
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| Thanks
| and sorry
| jim
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