RH equivalent to winipcfg?

[Dennis Calhoun]

On Sun, 30 May 2004 17:33:22 -0700, you wrote:

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>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Jeff Kinz" <jkinz at kinz.org>
>To: "Getting started with Red Hat Linux" <redhat-install-list at redhat.com>
>Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 3:09 PM
>Subject: Re: RH equivalent to winipcfg?
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>> On Sun, May 30, 2004 at 11:17:29AM -0700, Harold Hallikainen wrote:
>> > Is there an equivalent to winipcfg (or whatever it's called) for RH8 and
>> > RH9? I'd like to (easily) see what DHCP has assigned to this machine.
>I'm
>> > sure it's buried in the docs somewhere, but I don't know where.
>>
>> You're in a gui state of mind.
>>
>> This is linux.
>> There is no native linux command that does what you want.
>>
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>Actually winipcfig is a command-line utility that gives you a quick
>read-only output
>of your network settings including IP address.

Yes, but while it is true that Winipcfg is launched from a command
line (Windows 9x), it does provide information and functions via a GUI
window. For Windows NT/2000/XP there is ipconfig, which provides the
same basic information and functions, but is strictly command line
based, terminal interface display completely.

>And ifconfig on linux will give you essentially the same info.
>RedHat 9

To get to the real point of my message....
in windows it is relatively clear as to what "ipconfig" represents.
That being Windows Internet Protocol Configuration. And yes, in Linux,
ifconfig is basically the same thing. But....

In Linux, what does the "if" in ifconfig represent? Just a little
curiosity of mine.

Dennis C.