root@surya:/home/ram# ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:01:2e:2f:b8:68
          inet6 addr: fe80::201:2eff:fe2f:b868/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:864 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:36 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:99227 (99.2 KB)  TX bytes:9558 (9.5 KB)
          Interrupt:22 Base address:0x4000

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:1751 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1751 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:71084 (71.0 KB)  TX bytes:71084 (71.0 KB)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 74:f0:6d:2a:d5:fc
          inet addr:192.168.1.108  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::76f0:6dff:fe2a:d5fc/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:267151 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:162397 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:291077142 (291.0 MB)  TX bytes:19737452 (19.7 MB)




After dhclient eth0   following shows up:

eth0:avahi Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:01:2e:2f:b8:68
          inet addr:169.254.6.211  Bcast:169.254.255.255  Mask:255.255.0.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          Interrupt:22 Base address:0x4000