On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 05:39:30AM -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > I was thinking net-tools gave us ifconfig.
It does. > So Greg what package pulls in > the things we need for internet? I know its not network-manager. A default install of stretch does not have the ifconfig command. It has the ip command (which is in the iproute2 package). You may install net-tools if you want to use the ifconfig command, because it's what you're familiar with. That's your choice. Basic network setup in Debian involves editing the /etc/network/interfaces file with a text editor, and using ifdown and ifup commands, or rebooting. You don't actually have to run the ifconfig OR the ip command, unless you have unusual needs. (Or, even more basic than this, the installer does it all for you and you never even see it at all. For many people, this is perfect.)
