[NTLUG:Discuss] Host ID

[Steve Baker]

Daphne & Steve Martindell wrote:
>    does ifconfig shows the real NIC address for the linux pc?

Yes - it's the field labelled 'HWaddr':

 > ifconfig
eth0    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx

Of course you might have multiple NIC's - and hence multiple numbers.

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