Find your IP Address

Any device connected to a network is assigned an IP address. In order to connect to your Mecha Comet from another machine, you will need to know its assigned IP address, this guide will quickly help you identify.

mDNS Address

Alternatively if your network supports mDNS which modern local network routers usually do, you can substitute the IP address with - mecha-comet.local. Check Resolve using mDNS section below for more details.

Homescreen

On the Homescreen you can find the IP address on the right-hand side, as shown below. The wireless IP has a priority over a wired connection.

Terminal

Launch the Terminal app from the Homescreen or the Quick Settings drawer. On the terminal, run the below command to list all the IP addresses for your device.

$ hostname -I

192.168.24.11

Alternatively, using nmcli you can access details about your device's network information. Try to run the command as shown below

$ nmcli device show | grep "IP4.ADDRESS"

GENERAL.DEVICE:                         wlan0
GENERAL.TYPE:                           wifi
GENERAL.HWADDR:                         XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
GENERAL.MTU:                            1500
GENERAL.STATE:                          100 (connected)
GENERAL.CONNECTION:                     Mecha-1
GENERAL.CON-PATH:                       /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/2
IP4.ADDRESS[1]:                         192.168.24.11/24
IP4.GATEWAY:                            192.168.29.1
IP4.ROUTE[1]:                           dst = 192.168.24.0/24, nh = 0.0.0.0, mt = 600
IP4.ROUTE[2]:                           dst = 0.0.0.0/0, nh = 192.168.24.1, mt = 600
IP4.DNS[1]:                             192.168.29.1
IP6.ADDRESS[1]:                         2405:201:2011:e903:d2c5:d3ff:fed0:9b9d/64
IP6.ADDRESS[2]:                         fe80::d2c5:d3ff:fed0:9b9d/64
IP6.GATEWAY:                            fe80::b6a7:c6ff:feaf:b3c5
IP6.ROUTE[1]:                           dst = fe80::/64, nh = ::, mt = 256
IP6.ROUTE[2]:                           dst = ::/0, nh = fe80::b6a7:c6ff:feaf:b3c5, mt = 1024
IP6.ROUTE[3]:                           dst = 2405:201:2011:e903::/64, nh = ::, mt = 256
...

Notice the GENERAL.DEVICE and GENERAL.TYPE that corresponds to the Wireless interface. Similarly you can find IP addresses for other interfaces such as a wired connection or VPN.

Resolve using mDNS

If your device supports mDNS, you can reach your Mecha Comet by using its hostname and the .local suffix. The default hostname set on the Mechanix OS for the Mecha Comet is mecha-comet.

If the Mecha Comet is connected in the same network, you should be able ping.

$ ping mecha-comet.local

PING mecha-comet.local (192.168.24.11): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.24.11: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=2.618 ms

Hostname

Changing the hostname by editing /etc/hostname, updates the .local mDNS address.