Let’s start with definitions: IP and MAC.
IP stands for Internet Protocol, and is the numeric number assigned to a
computer network access the internet.
MAC stands for Media Access Control, and the address is the device’s unique
identifier for the network adapter.
Determining IP and MAC addresses can be accomplished through visiting
/sbin/ifconfig
.
You don’t even need cd to do it!
euid123@comp:~$ /sbin/ifconfig
enp0s31f6 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 4c:cc:6a:30:f9:c6
inet addr:10.144.120.1 Bcast:10.144.120.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::9d22:8f52:cb14:fb7f/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:40194 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:31924 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:21634036 (21.6 MB) TX bytes:22810381 (22.8 MB)
Interrupt:16 Memory:df200000-df220000
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:774 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:774 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1
RX bytes:69303 (69.3 KB) TX bytes:69303 (69.3 KB)
The initial text block enp0s31f6
contains information referring to the
computer’s Ethernet port.
The MAC address is listed under HWaddr
, and the IP address is listed under
inet addr
.