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 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): ip link set $DEVICE up ip addr add 10.x.x.x/24 dev $DEVICE ip route add default via 10.x.x.y The question why 'ifup' doesn't work in your case: 'ifup' is only a tool that is used in conjunction with /etc/network/interfaces (or /etc/network/interfaces.d/*). So in order for ifup to work, you need to create an entry in /etc/network/interfaces for your network interface, for example: auto enx687f74158a8a iface enx687f74158a8a inet static address 10.x.x.x/24 gateway 10.x.x.y And then you can do 'ifup enx687f74158a8a'. (And in that case the interface will also be configured when the system is rebooted.) (The 'ifup' part is also the same in older Debian versions.) Regards, Christian
