On Jun 18, 2010, at 1:49 AM, Daniel Pittman wrote: > > The assumption that the "primary" IP address exists, or that it is the one > that shows up with ifconfig, so a bit bogus: on a number of my hosts, for > example, the "primary" IP address is an additional address added by ip and not > visible at all. > > (Assuming by "primary" you mean "the one that anything except admin tools talk > to", in this case because they are high-availability services and all. :) >
Currently I can't think of a truly accurate way to guess a system's true "primary" address/interface. --Cody
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