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ifconfig
You will probably need to type   [ /sbin/ifconfig ]
typed on my system gives the following information: ( the x's will be different on your system )
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
          inet addr:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx  Bcast:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:155836 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:135659 errors:3 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:3
          collisions:6561 txqueuelen:100
          RX bytes:22008941 (20.9 Mb)  TX bytes:103466699 (98.6 Mb)
          Interrupt:9 Base address:0x9f00

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:469 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:469 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:40739 (39.7 Kb)  TX bytes:40739 (39.7 Kb)

ppp0      Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
          inet addr:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx  P-t-P:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx  Mask:255.255.255.255
          UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:2202 errors:2 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1749 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
          RX bytes:1765648 (1.6 Mb)  TX bytes:106296 (103.8 Kb)



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