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Macintosh: Output of Ifconfig

Hi,
1) I am used to with the Microsoft Window and (a little bit of) Linux Operating system
2) I am not familiar with the Macintosh OS
3) I saw some MacBook (The OS is Mac OS X 10.6.8) at a company (production environment)

4) I take one of the MacBook, and do the followings:
-Go to Utilities, and open the "terminal"
- I type in: ifconfig
- There 7 items appeared (I do not understand "these terms"; i just understand a little bit of it)

5) The 7 items are as the followings:
i) lo0
ii) gif0
iii) en0
iv) en1
v) vnic0
vi) vnic1
vii) csctun0

6) Would you somebody explain "the above terms": what is it and its function

7) Thank you
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Hi pritamdutt,

1) I understood "ethernet adapters" (with the RJ45 port)

2) Would you explain (with your own wording) the followings please:

- What is "Loopback Adapter"? (What port is it related to?)
- What about "cscotun0"? (What is iis function?) (What port is it related to?)

3) Thank you

tjie
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Hey PaperTrip,

1) Would you explain it (with your own wording) --> What is "Loopback Adapter"? (What port is it related to?)

2) Thanks

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