On Thu 03 Mar 2022 at 19:51:02 +0100, Stella Ashburne wrote: > Mon cheri > > > Sent: Friday, March 04, 2022 at 2:43 AM > > From: "Brian" <a...@cityscape.co.uk> > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Subject: Re: What should I put inside the file called wlan0? > > > > > > Indeed I do. ifupdown handles the lo interface without them. > > > > -- > > Brian. > > > Thanks but I don't use ifupdown. Does that mean that I can't omit the > following lines? > > # The loopback network interface > auto lo > iface lo inet loopback
You are using /etc/network/interfaces. Therefore you use ifupdowm. apt show ifupdown dpkg -L ifupdown -- Brian.