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Author: Edward Bartolo
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To: fsmithred
CC: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] What can I do after netman?
So, you are talking about the address displayed by "ip addr"? Please,
forgive me to ask again, but I have to be certain to avoid writing
code in vain.

On 28/09/2015, fsmithred <fsmithred@???> wrote:
> I'm talking about the LAN address. A lot of times, one of the first things
> I do after booting into a new system is use sftp to move files.
>
> Also, with wicd, I've gotten used to seeing the local address, and I feel
> like it's a more reliable indicator that I'm online than just the word,
> Connected. But that's probably because I recall using
> gnome-network-manager, and it always lied to me, telling me I was
> connected when I wasn't, and vice versa.
>
> Thanks.
>
> BTW, the zipfile you uploaded a couple of hours ago compiles and runs. I
> forgot to look for the panel icon to change between connected and
> disconnected states.
>
> fsr
>
>
> On 09/28/2015 03:03 PM, Edward Bartolo wrote:
>> Quote: "Some way to display the IP address when connected, either
>> on-demand or
>> along with the word, Connected, or some other way."
>> ---------------------------------------
>>
>> Which ip address? If a pc is connected to a wifi the address is
>> something like 192.168.1.102. Are you talking about the ip address
>> used by the router to access the internet?
>>
>> Edward
>>
>>
>> On 28/09/2015, Edward Bartolo <edbarx@???> wrote:
>>> On 28/09/2015, Steve Litt <slitt@???> wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 28 Sep 2015 15:45:03 +0100
>>>> Rainer Weikusat <rainerweikusat@???> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> ... and who wouldn't want his network interface to be named
>>>>> "enp0s29u1u2"? After all, anybody unterstands the meaning of eth0 ---
>>>>> how terribly boring!
>>>>
>>>> I don't like it either, but even anti-systemd distros are going for
>>>> this Freedesktop BS. Luckily, the following command is an easy way to
>>>> see the names of your network interfaces:
>>>>
>>>> ip link | grep "^\S" | cut -d " " -f2
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> SteveT
>>>>
>>>> Steve Litt
>>>> August 2015 featured book: Troubleshooting: Just the Facts
>>>> http://www.troubleshooters.com/tjust
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