On Sun 18 Jun 2017 at 13:51:52 -0600, pplaw wrote: > On Sun, Jun 18, 2017 at 08:54:46PM +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 > > > > 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 > > Interesting info, which; > > 1) > proves quite successful; > > 2) > shows I've been out of step for a long time; and > > 3) > deserves to be set in gold (see #1, id.). > > Thank you, Christian!
Excellent information, indeed. It rectifies the inability of d-i to set up a simple network connection which is available at first boot. Netcfg fails once again it seems. But we will never know.
