Very Computer

Hi all,

i'm a newbe.

can you please help me?

i need the ethernet address of the ethernetcard on my machine and do not
know how to read it.

does anyone out there know how to do this under linux?

regards
johan

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eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:00:F8:03:15:46
                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
          inet addr:130.215.240.120  Bcast:130.215.255.255  Mask:255.255.0.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:14373759 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
          TX packets:3091141 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
          Interrupt:10 Base address:0x7c80

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# /sbin/ifconfig
lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Bcast:127.255.255.255  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP BROADCAST LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:3584  Metric:1
          RX packets:953741 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
          TX packets:953741 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0

eth0      Link encap:10Mbps Ethernet  HWaddr 00:00:B4:59:62:28
                                             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                                Here 'tis.

          inet addr:192.168.1.17  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:872294 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
          TX packets:874356 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
          Interrupt:11 Base address:0xff40

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