[Vm-dev] Finding ip address for eth0?

[John M McIntosh]

NetNameResolver addressesForName: self localHostName

but that gives back a list of three address  like
10.37.129.2(10.37.129.2),0(0)-inet4-stream-tcp

but lacking is information about WHICH one is actually usable, the  
192.168.1.139 is the correct one for my office subnet
but 10.211.55.2, and 10.37.129.2 have been setup by Parallels for os- 
x,  If I pick 10.211.55.2, or 10.37.129 then things just won't
work since computer B elsewhere in the office doesn't see the 10.*.*.*  
addresses.

Obviously the data coming back has to be a bit more helpful to let the  
smalltalk code pick the right answer.

ifconfig shows

en1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
	inet6 fe80::21b:63ff:fe02:d2db%en1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x6
	inet 192.168.1.139 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
	ether 00:1b:63:02:d2:db
	media: autoselect status: active
	supported media: autoselect

en4: flags=8963<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST>  
mtu 1500
	inet6 fe80::21c:42ff:fe00:8%en4 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x8
	inet 10.211.55.2 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.211.55.255
	ether 00:1c:42:00:00:08
	media: autoselect status: active
	supported media: autoselect

en5: flags=8963<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST>  
mtu 1500
	inet6 fe80::21c:42ff:fe00:9%en5 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x9
	inet 10.37.129.2 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.37.129.255
	ether 00:1c:42:00:00:09
	media: autoselect status: active
	supported media: autoselect

On 26-Aug-09, at 1:27 PM, Andreas Raab wrote:

> Bert Freudenberg wrote:
>> What got implemented though is a primitive to list all interfaces  
>> that are available. Hosts do not have IP addresses, interfaces do.  
>> And since hosts typically have multiple interfaces, it's not really  
>> up to the VM to pick one, but the application.
>
> What's the primitive? How do I use it? Any examples?
>
> Thanks,
>  - Andreas

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