I have no problem, but I'm curious about the information available through ifconfig in terminal. When I input the command, I get the following result:
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
gif0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280
stf0: flags=0<> mtu 1280
en0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether 00:14:51:2b:4f:10
media: autoselect (none) status: inactive
supported media: none autoselect 10baseT/UTP <half-duplex> 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex,flow-control> 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex,hw-loopback> 100baseTX <half-duplex> 100baseTX <full-duplex> 100baseTX <full-duplex,flow-control> 100baseTX <full-duplex,hw-loopback> 1000baseT <full-duplex> 1000baseT <full-duplex,flow-control> 1000baseT <full-duplex,hw-loopback>
fw0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 4078
lladdr 00:14:51:ff:fe:2b:4f:10
media: autoselect <full-duplex> status: inactive
supported media: autoselect <full-duplex>
en1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet6 fe80::214:51ff:fe7b:50eb%en1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x6
inet 10.0.1.2 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.0.1.255
ether 00:14:51:7b:50:eb
media: autoselect status: active
supported media: autoselect
I wondered if anyone might take a moment to explain all this to me. I don't mean everything; I'm primarily interested in understanding the local and external IP address and the MAC address as they are located in this jumble. Anything else important as well.
A final point -- what information from here would i need to use ssh to connect to my parents computer for troubleshooting purposes?
thank you
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
gif0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280
stf0: flags=0<> mtu 1280
en0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether 00:14:51:2b:4f:10
media: autoselect (none) status: inactive
supported media: none autoselect 10baseT/UTP <half-duplex> 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex,flow-control> 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex,hw-loopback> 100baseTX <half-duplex> 100baseTX <full-duplex> 100baseTX <full-duplex,flow-control> 100baseTX <full-duplex,hw-loopback> 1000baseT <full-duplex> 1000baseT <full-duplex,flow-control> 1000baseT <full-duplex,hw-loopback>
fw0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 4078
lladdr 00:14:51:ff:fe:2b:4f:10
media: autoselect <full-duplex> status: inactive
supported media: autoselect <full-duplex>
en1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet6 fe80::214:51ff:fe7b:50eb%en1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x6
inet 10.0.1.2 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.0.1.255
ether 00:14:51:7b:50:eb
media: autoselect status: active
supported media: autoselect
I wondered if anyone might take a moment to explain all this to me. I don't mean everything; I'm primarily interested in understanding the local and external IP address and the MAC address as they are located in this jumble. Anything else important as well.
A final point -- what information from here would i need to use ssh to connect to my parents computer for troubleshooting purposes?
thank you