Open the shell while your graphical desktop is displayed by using the "Terminal" application.


From your Main Menu, select "System Tools."
From "System Tools," select "Terminal." A command line interface should appear.
 Enter the "ifconfig" command in the terminal and hit "Enter" on your keyboard the input the command.


Note that you can only use the "ifconfig" command if you have a superuser account.
 Your computer's IP address should be displayed next to "inet addr:"


The other information that pops up will be a list of all your network interfaces.
Open the UNIX shell.
Type in "ifconfig.",
Locate your IP address.
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