[Para [Str "Next,",Space,Str "open",Space,Str "the",Space,Str "terminal",Space,Str "window.",Space,Str "Using",Space,Str "the",Space,Str "terminal",Space,Str "window,",Space,Str "run",Space,Str "the",Space,Str "\"ifconfig",Space,Str "-a\"",Space,Str "command",Space,Str "to",Space,Str "list",Space,Str "all",Space,Str "the",Space,Str "interfaces",Space,Str "on",Space,Str "your",Space,Str "system,",Space,Str "as",Space,Str "shown",Space,Str "here."]
,CodeBlock ("",[],[]) "# ifconfig -a\neth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0c:29:69:12:7c  \n          inet addr:172.16.0.108  Bcast:172.16.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0\n          inet6 addr: fc00:660:0:1:20c:29ff:fe69:127c/64 Scope:Global\n          inet6 addr: fe80::20c:29ff:fe69:127c/64 Scope:Link\n          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1\n          RX packets:9859 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0\n          TX packets:1399 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0\n          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 \n          RX bytes:1920894 (1.8 MiB)  TX bytes:233088 (227.6 KiB)\n          Interrupt:19 Base address:0x2000 \n\nlo        Link encap:Local Loopback  \n          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0\n          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host\n          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1\n          RX packets:372 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0\n          TX packets:372 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0\n          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 \n          RX bytes:22320 (21.7 KiB)  TX bytes:22320 (21.7 KiB)\n\nwlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:c0:ca:85:00:ba  \n          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1\n          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0\n          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0\n          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 \n          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)"
,Para [Str "The",Space,Str "ALFA",Space,Str "wireless",Space,Str "card",Space,Str "is",Space,Str "represented",Space,Str "by",Space,Str "the",Space,Str "\"wlan0\"",Space,Str "interface."]
,Para [Str "In",Space,Str "addition",Space,Str "to",Space,Str "the",Space,Str "interfaces",Space,Str "shown",Space,Str "in",Space,Str "the",Space,Str "ifconfig",Space,Str "output,",Space,Str "there",Space,Str "is",Space,Str "another",Space,Str "interface",Space,Str "known",Space,Str "as",Space,Str "the",Space,Emph [Str "wireless",Space,Str "physical",Space,Str "interface"],Str ".",Space,Str "We",Space,Str "can",Space,Str "identify",Space,Str "this",Space,Str "interface",Space,Str "by",Space,Str "listing",Space,Str "the",Space,Str "contents",Space,Str "of",Space,Str "the",Space,Str "/sys/class/ieee80211",Space,Str "directory,",Space,Str "as",Space,Str "shown."]
,CodeBlock ("",[],[]) "# ls /sys/class/ieee80211/\nphy0"
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