Greg Madden composed on 2017-06-25 21:33 (UTC-0800): .
Slávek Banko wrote:
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Exactly, ifconfig is in the net-tools package. Just the difference is that net-tools is no longer installed as the essential package. Must be installed manually.
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Debian: net-tools will be deprecated in favor of iproute2.."ip command" instead of "ifconfig command". Fewer characters to type :-).
More obtuse manual more than makes up for that de minimus improvement. Without examples from the Internet, ip usage for getting other than mere current status is inexplicable.