Look in Network Prefs. It'll switch automatically to Ethernet. I did it the last time I took my MacBook Pro on vacation with me. HTH, Jeffrey On Jul 5, 2010, at 4:12 PM, Josh Kennedy wrote: > Hi > > How do I use the mac to get my default gateway, IP address of my wifi router > and other advanced information like that? Also if I gotta take my macbook > over to the router, plug it in via ethernet to fix it, is it easy to tell the > mac that I'm connecting through ethernet rather than wifi? and then I'll have > to find out the or retrieve the IP address of my modem or my router. > Any help on this would be appreciated. in windows I'd go to the command > prompt, type ipconfig and hit enter to get such information. > > Josh > > Josh Kennedy > jkenn337@xxxxxxxxx > > >> >> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >> >> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> >> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web > interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >