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.
