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Re: Stretch--no network interfaces

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On Sun 18 Jun 2017 at 20:54:46 +0200, Christian Seiler wrote:

> On 06/18/2017 08:25 PM, pplaw wrote:
> > The network I'm on at the moment hands out DHCP addresses.  But, sometimes,
> > I'll hard-code the IP address for the computer (with ifconfig:  ifconfig 
> > (eth0--but in this case) enx687f74158a8a 10.x.x.x netmask 255.255.255.0;
> > route add default gw 10.x.x.x).  Since this is a new install of Stretch,
> > I haven't been able to download the ifconfig package; and if I type ifup
> > enx687f74158a8a (or for my wireless card, wlp1s0), I get:  "unknown in-
> > terface.
> 
> In the Debian release notes there's a section about the fact that
> ifconfig has been deprecated for well over a decade now, and is not
> included in new installs anymore starting with Stretch:
> 
> https://www.debian.org/releases/stretch/amd64/release-notes/ch-information.en.html#iproute2

ifconfig isn't the problem. The OP installed Stretch; stretch doesn't
have ifconfig.
 
> If you want to temporarily add an IP to a given interface, you can
> use the 'ip' utility (this also works in older Debian versions):

[Good advice snipped]

Do you not find it disturbing that someone can install Debian and not
end up with a network connection? d-i is (generally) very good at doing
this. It is one of its many strong points.

-- 
Brian.

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Stretch--no network interfaces pplaw <pplaw@pcisys.net> - 2017-06-18 20:00 +0200
  Re: Stretch--no network interfaces Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2017-06-18 20:00 +0200
    Re: Stretch--no network interfaces pplaw <pplaw@pcisys.net> - 2017-06-18 20:50 +0200
      Re: Stretch--no network interfaces Christian Seiler <christian@iwakd.de> - 2017-06-18 21:00 +0200
        Re: Stretch--no network interfaces Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-06-18 21:30 +0200
          Re: Stretch--no network interfaces Christian Seiler <christian@iwakd.de> - 2017-06-18 21:40 +0200
            Re: Stretch--no network interfaces Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-06-18 21:50 +0200
              Re: Stretch--no network interfaces Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2017-06-18 22:00 +0200
                Re: Stretch--no network interfaces Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-06-18 22:30 +0200
                Re: Stretch--no network interfaces Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-06-18 23:20 +0200
                Re: Stretch--no network interfaces Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-06-19 00:20 +0200
          Re: Stretch--no network interfaces Fungi4All <fungilife@protonmail.com> - 2017-06-18 21:50 +0200
        Resolved [was Re: Stretch--no network interfaces] pplaw <pplaw@pcisys.net> - 2017-06-18 22:00 +0200
          Re: Resolved [was Re: Stretch--no network interfaces] Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-06-18 23:00 +0200
      Re: Stretch--no network interfaces Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-06-18 21:20 +0200
    Re: Stretch--no network interfaces pplaw <pplaw@pcisys.net> - 2017-06-18 22:00 +0200

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