Re: [MacPerl] REQ: slirp type thingie for mac? (fwd)

[pudge@pobox.com (Chris Nandor)]

At 18.21 97/6/10, Mark Manning/Muniz Eng. wrote:
>> At 11.49 97/6/10, VB wrote:
>> >        I did this with a linux box before but I'm stumped when it
>> >came to the macbox. If anyone has "been there, dun it" (ie, faked IP
>> >on mac using slirp or similar on the remote end), please drop me a
>> >line. :-)

>Also, you can get the hostname (ie: IP address) simply by
>doing the following:
>
>        $hostname = `hostname`;
>
>once you are connected to the ISP.  The libnet package
>helps you do FTP, NNTP, SMTP, and something else which I've
>forgotten what it was.  :-/  Anyway, this is how you get
>the IP address of what node you are on from your ISP.  Have
>fun!  :-)

I am thinking you are incorrect.  If I get what he is saying, he is saying
that his Mac does not have an IP address.  If he DOES have an IP address,
then I don't see how there would be a problem.

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