spinynorman Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 Some useful tips at PCLinuxOnline. B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest anon Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 Some good tips there, but i agree with a comment already made on this about Networking (Note ifconfig, route, mii-tool, nslookup commands are obsolete) They are definitely not obsolete, what we do without ifconfig? Don't know how the author screwed up on that one :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gowator Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 Some good tips there, but i agree with a comment already made on this about Networking (Note ifconfig, route, mii-tool, nslookup commands are obsolete) They are definitely not obsolete, what we do without ifconfig? Don't know how the author screwed up on that one :unsure: <{POST_SNAPBACK}> erm I was pretty shocked but it was urza pointed it out to me :woops: its now called something else and I sadly lament its passing along with making me feel old by youngsters like urza pointing it out... we're toast old chap... time to move over for these new kids .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest anon Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 :D :D :D Toast? your probably right. But typing ifconfig still works on MDK-10 so i will keep on using it. :P Guess i am just an old "stick in the mud" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gowator Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 :D :D :D Toast? your probably right. But typing ifconfig still works on MDK-10 so i will keep on using it. :P <{POST_SNAPBACK}> me too..... but how much longer can we hold these youngsters off? I can't even remember what replaced it.... off the top of my head and it still works so....ho hum... I guess it was something with kernel2.6 and IPv6 ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urza9814 Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 Some good tips there, but i agree with a comment already made on this about Networking (Note ifconfig, route, mii-tool, nslookup commands are obsolete) They are definitely not obsolete, what we do without ifconfig? Don't know how the author screwed up on that one :unsure: <{POST_SNAPBACK}> erm I was pretty shocked but it was urza pointed it out to me :woops: its now called something else and I sadly lament its passing along with making me feel old by youngsters like urza pointing it out... we're toast old chap... time to move over for these new kids .... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> uh...I did? I think I need to read that...I don't know many commands...I do it the same way I usually do in DOS: try random stuff that sounds right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest anon Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 but how much longer can we hold these youngsters off? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Lets kill them! Well i run the 2.6 kernel, and the old ancient commands still work. :D Wonder why they changed it? does the new command give more info or something? C'mon somebody here must know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest anon Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 uh...I did? ...I do it the same way I usually do in DOS: try random stuff that sounds right. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You do? So whats Gowator on about then? i think he's pulling my leg or spent too long in frog land. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystified Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 Well i run the 2.6 kernel, and the old ancient commands still work. :D Wonder why they changed it? does the new command give more info or something? C'mon somebody here must know. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'd like to know too. I update gentoo daily and ipconfig will works for me. And I'm using kernel 2.6.7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axel_2078 Posted September 2, 2004 Report Share Posted September 2, 2004 :D :D :D Toast? your probably right. But typing ifconfig still works on MDK-10 so i will keep on using it. :P Guess i am just an old "stick in the mud" <{POST_SNAPBACK}> If ifconfig wasn't available, how would you get your IP information? (MAC address, IP address, etc) Is there another command available? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gowator Posted September 2, 2004 Report Share Posted September 2, 2004 (edited) Sorry it was that Aussie youngster.....Iphitus!!!! heck to many of em to keep track of.... better start killing em off or we will lose our hard won whatever it is we have won Anyway.... Its ip and from debian mailing lists: On Fri, 7 Feb 2003 16:10:23 +1100Brian May <bam@debian.org> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 09:51:47PM -0500, Noah L. Meyerhans wrote: > > Yes. In fact, David Miller, one of the Linux network stack hackers, > > has been quoted as saying that ifconfig and route are deprecated and > > that ip is the way of the future. I know that people have suggested > > on this mailing list in the past that we ditch ifconfig and route in > > place of it, but that suggestion was shot down because people are > > too used to [snip] > Also I suspect many people simply aren't aware that the > old programs are now considered obsolete and have been replaced. <rant> Probably because there arn't any docs for ip, nor is it covered in all of the HowTos that newbies are pointed to. This isn't the first time I've ranted about this, but I _still_ can't find a man page for ip (and googling doesn't count....when you need the man page you don't have internet.) </rant> Thomas However I only googled this it was that young Aussie brought it up.... edits : oops added a / in from of the last quote Edited September 2, 2004 by Gowator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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