OS X Daily: “Quickly Get a Router IP Address from the Command Line” plus 1 more

Quickly Get a Router IP Address from the Command Line

Posted: 23 Mar 2012 02:17 PM PDT

Router IP Address

To quickly retrieve the IP address of the router you are connected through, type the following at the command line:

netstat -rn |grep default

The result will look something like this, showing the router IP directly after “default”:

default 192.168.1.1 UGSc 108 0 en0

netstat will work for both wired and wireless connections, the difference of which will be shown as the interface. These are typically en0 and en1, though the port interfaces will vary slightly with Macs that don’t include ethernet ports or AirPort wireless card, and for Macs with only one form of network connectivity it will almost always be en0.

For users who don’t want to bother with the command line, the router IP can also be found from the Network system preference panel.

Thanks to Hans and Jen for the tip

Solution to the iPad 3 Heat Problem [Humor]

Posted: 23 Mar 2012 02:14 PM PDT

iPad 3 in the snow

If your iPad 3 is getting too hot to handle, the solution is to use the iPad outdoors in three feet of snow. Three feet of snow is required because there is a direct correlation between the iPad generation and the amount of snow required to cool the device, thus iPad 3 requires 3 feet of snow. For those of you who don’t have access to three feet of snow, try placing the iPad 3 in a freezer at least three feet under ground, while holding three fingers in the air for at least three seconds while counting backwards from three.

This is obviously a joke, and you’ll notice we haven’t mentioned anything about the mythical iPad 3 heat problem, mostly because it doesn’t exist and we don’t want to reward manufactured controversy. This was funny enough to post on a Friday though, so enjoy a tip that’s about as useless as the original Consumer Reports BS that started it all.

Thanks to Ryan for the picture